Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 12:16
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 790 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3574 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 163 Parallax 164 135% 164 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 140 Splatting 124 120% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 280GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1621 582 574 582 586 594 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,777 Write 1532 Mixed 1,199 SusWrite 756 294% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 55.8 218% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 1146 DQ Mixed 1,076 825% 1,116 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,087 Write 968 Mixed 828 214% 961 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.8 203% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,052 DQ Mixed 1,012 762% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 140 140 134 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 133 Mixed 85 SusWrite 138 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 260D 4TB 2,403 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free, PID 260d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 115 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 126 Write 107 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 114 140% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.7 256% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,128x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,208x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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	427x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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