Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

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Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	103% 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.

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	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 16:05
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 883 90% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,107 68% 1,107 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 145 Parallax 193 110% 158 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 97.2 94% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,600 Write 1,932 Mixed 1,222 423% 1,918 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 80.3 277% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,346 DQ Write 1037 DQ Mixed 1,155 874% 1,179 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 357GB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 151 Write 159 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 141 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 108%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 643GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 148 163 162 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 161 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 204% 2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 121%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 142 145 146 150 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 101 Write 98 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 144 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 238% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 90%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 112GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 84.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 24.7 75% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.1 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 28.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,123x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,249x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,666x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,206x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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