Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '21 at 19:38
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 246 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 575 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 168 Parallax 174 140% 171 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 157 Splatting 129 126% 158 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 42 43 38 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 39GB free Firmware: M0DL002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 337 153 155 155 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 435 Write 449 Mixed 382 SusWrite 217 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 36.1 128% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 308 223% 286 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 94%
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 836GB free Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 637 476 443 417 379 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,125 Write 1,196 Mixed 1,017 SusWrite 526 217% 966 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.6 198% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,488 DQ Write 1,087 DQ Mixed 1,103 874% 1,226 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 472%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 159GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 47 52 58 47 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	47% Average	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 51.8 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 23.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 73: 8R 8G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
73%	56%	45	288	215	144	24"	1920 1080	AOC2460 G2460

History: Score 57: 5R 8G 8B | Score 73: 8R 8G 9B

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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	7,128x
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 $90Bench 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