Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '22 at 20:13
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 i7-8700K-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 788 75% 622 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 168 Parallax 162 106% 153 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 167 Splatting 113 108% 134 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 378 Mixed 344 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 35.9 129% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 240 197% 279 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 216GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1289 1028 835 774 740 711 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,045 Write 1,750 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 896 336% 1,505 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.7 217% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,274 DQ Write 927 DQ Mixed 1,063 804% 1,088 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	7,145x
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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,212x
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 $95Bench 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: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16