Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	392% 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	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 (31%). 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	441 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,015 100% 815 Pts	64-Core 1,287 80% 1,287 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 629GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1673 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 288 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2430104543
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 629GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8859 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 553 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5478842955
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	392% Outstanding	Read 3,111 Write 2,735 Mixed 2,306 605% 2,717 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 50.8 259% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 259 270% 443 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 392% Great: 313%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 232523575 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 374117105 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -132259222907873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 538050592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 407 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4317 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 1 232523575 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102417790142202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9826403894 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12403312540
Poor: 34% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 911GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4130 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5005 (C2) HDA temperature 112 81 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 124 Mixed 108 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.46 115% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 74%
Patriot Memory 32GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 28GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	4.8% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 3.15 Mixed 4.22 8% 8.44 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.005 24% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.1 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 32.5 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 120%

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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 $199Bench 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

Total price: $992

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 $163	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