Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	36 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '23 at 02:13
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 758 72% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 152 Parallax 170 125% 158 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 138 Splatting 118 114% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$238 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,108 Write 5,915 Mixed 6036 1,346% 6,020 MB/s	4K Read 387 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 244 1,006% 278 MB/s	DQ Read 1117 DQ Write 562 DQ Mixed 686 550% 788 MB/s
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 184GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 304 171 159 159 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 451 Write 410 Mixed 309 SusWrite 225 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 31.1 105% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 222 197% 299 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 59GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 50.9 Write 34.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 20.4 42% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 85% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 59%
Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 105GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 49.9 Write 38.3 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 22.3 48% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 15.9 1,065% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 18.4 1,416% 18.6 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 232%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x16GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 19.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 111%

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,191x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,264x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	570x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,683x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,221x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	657x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	540x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	502x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	565x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	513x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	474x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16