Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% 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.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 04:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 155 2-Core 319 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,013 98% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,325 82% 1,325 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 129% 151 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 292GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3930 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 728 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12022466689	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 415 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 49.4 175% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 27.7 83% 179 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
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 7492 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 108 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 133668 (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 42 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5 (EA) Unknown 0 0 60 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8758 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9496	84.4% Excellent	Read 429 Write 275 Mixed 332 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 31.4 127% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 58.1 100% 194 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,176 Write 1,154 Mixed 1,262 337% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 36.1 152% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 39.7 106% 226 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 210%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 190949165 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 163287253 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -119782342914265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (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 68 65 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9581 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (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 -50994146704210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5335382137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2399027998	91.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 159 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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 @ 3261 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 31.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 31.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,187x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,264x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	569x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,682x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,220x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	656x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	540x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	564x
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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $987

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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