Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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.
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 07:01
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 852 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 131 101% 131 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 129 Splatting 115 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1024 1021 934 546 287 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,168 Write 1,016 Mixed 703 SusWrite 680 200% 892 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 58.3 196% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 1,021 DQ Mixed 925 731% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 302%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 145GB free Firmware: 3.43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 53.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 56.5 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%
General UDisk 32GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 17.7 Mixed 18.5 21% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 52% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 10%

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 below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 129%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,197x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,264x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	570x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,683x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,222x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	657x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	540x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	502x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	437x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	566x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	514x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	474x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16