Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 21:51
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 927 96% 772 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 125 Parallax 111 88% 115 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 108 Splatting 93.3 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 879 811 816 806 473 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,032 Write 2,042 Mixed 1,852 SusWrite 856 381% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 58.2 183% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,878 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 264 380% 760 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 472%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 165GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 466 342 246 194 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 464 Mixed 420 SusWrite 316 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 48.7 165% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 243 182% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 295 293 294 293 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 471 Mixed 375 SusWrite 313 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 46.7 160% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 220 169% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 173 173 170 174 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 140 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 171 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 30.2 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16