Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '21 at 09:32
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 93.6 46% 70.8 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 566 48% 412 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3163) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 104 Parallax 118 93% 112 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 107 Splatting 99.2 98% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,172 Write 1,467 Mixed 1,174 354% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 69.8 247% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 1,211 DQ Mixed 1,011 785% 1065 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 100 103 97 93 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 239 Write 146 Mixed 197 SusWrite 103 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 41.2 142% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 123 96% 130 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 73%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 71GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 426 279 6.3 6.4 6.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 436 Mixed 394 SusWrite 189 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 27.4 128% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 36 90% 184 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 99GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.7 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 492 Write 440 Mixed 400 SusWrite 62.4 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.3 137% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 36.7 90% 183 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 91%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 143GB free Firmware: P2CR031 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1279 680 50 52 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 781 Write 570 Mixed 681 SusWrite 366 134% 599 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 62.7 188% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 1,274 DQ Mixed 874 698% 955 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 299%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 178GB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 8.6 8.3 8 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 56.9 Write 60.2 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 9 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 56%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 211GB free Firmware: 3.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 62 53 60 56 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 44.3 Mixed 34 SusWrite 57.2 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 54%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 13.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 65: 6R 7G 14B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
65%	63%	43	268	193	144	27"	1920 1080	BNQ7F2B ZOWIE XL LCD

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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	7,142x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,255x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,671x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,211x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	500x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	428x

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 $269	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 $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 $40	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