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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	148% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 05:34
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,006 101% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,288 80% 1,288 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 153 Reflection 156 Parallax 131 125% 147 fps	Gravity 145 Splatting 114 113% 130 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7490 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 104 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 132870 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5 (EA) Unknown 0 0 60 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8732 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9476	83.6% Excellent	Read 421 Write 273 Mixed 331 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.3 127% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 64.3 103% 196 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 155GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3867 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 713 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 71 50 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11295604831	105% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 408 Mixed 414 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 46.2 171% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 28.6 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 2,077 Write 235 Mixed 448 196% 920 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 33.1 127% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 20.2 83% 185 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 210%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 44398624 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 146184672 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -83227876258071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (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 74 65 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9556 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (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 -73100343376785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5297107022 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2046496790	84.2% Excellent	Read 141 Write 152 Mixed 124 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 31.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 32.3 95% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,167x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,260x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	567x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,674x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,217x
RTX 3080Nvidia $500Bench 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: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	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