Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	312% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '21 at 15:18
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 308 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,007 99% 809 Pts	64-Core 1298 80% 1298 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.72% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.1 6% 9.03 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 0.2 5% 6.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1671 1663 1651 1620 1645 1712 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,202 Write 1,488 Mixed 822 SusWrite 1,660 344% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 65.9 228% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,276 DQ Write 1,086 DQ Mixed 1,076 835% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 353%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 200GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11,083 Write 9,854 Mixed 9,979 2,299% 10,305 MB/s	4K Read 829 4K Write 345 4K Mixed 469 2,039% 547 MB/s	DQ Read 1,919 DQ Write 1,298 DQ Mixed 1,401 1,101% 1,539 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 223GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 134 132 133 121 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 171 Write 223 Mixed 178 SusWrite 127 40% 175 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.2 140% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 156 126% 178 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3193 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.6 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.3 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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