Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '23 at 03:15
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 689 67% 552 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 104 Parallax 105 96% 109 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 86.8 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 135 92 133 138 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 423 Write 254 Mixed 175 SusWrite 127 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 28.4 89% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 253 208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 106%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 462GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1711 1734 1650 1633 1648 1567 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,176 Write 1870 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 1,657 408% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 54.2 178% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 872 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 700 519% 695 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 193GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 816 646 634 615 602 605 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,294 Write 1,087 Mixed 1,047 SusWrite 653 229% 1,020 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 54.1 170% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 887 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 698 527% 714 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 340%
Toshiba MK7559GSXP 750GB-$118 5,761 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 596GB free Firmware: GN001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 94 95 95 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 93.5 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 94 53% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%
Seagate ST500LX012-SSHD-8GB 500GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 95 107 104 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 103 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 1.2 288% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 96%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,167x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,260x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,674x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,217x
RTX 3080Nvidia $898Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	655x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	539x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	432x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16