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	276% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 06:49
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,004 101% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,280 79% 1,280 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,107 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,313 360% 1,627 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 46.8 225% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 218 320% 602 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 912GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202549608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 134892606 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 556 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 90194313247 (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 -26852135530222 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48867211013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 642176048594	87.3% Excellent	Read 128 Write 176 Mixed 128 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 1.03 249% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free Firmware: CC36 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137388426 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 37 31 6661504239070 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180393514 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 35 747863277600 (C2) HDA temperature 32 65 21474836512 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 8 137388426 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114954799651366 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3341930917 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2902940629	72.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.58 125% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2A2666C16 4x8GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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