Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.3% 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	225% 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 05:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 874 85% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 8.28 5% 6.56 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 16 13% 15 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,351 Write 1,241 Mixed 1,213 352% 1,602 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26.9 176% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 24.4 39% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 119GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1775 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 177 177 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 785 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171799937059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	92.1% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 484 Mixed 502 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24.1 116% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 212 148% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 104%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1119 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3261 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 137 Write 146 Mixed 129 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

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 @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 24 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 107%

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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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,146x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,255x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,671x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,213x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $48Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16