Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	227% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 01:58
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 985 97% 791 Pts	64-Core 1,246 77% 1,246 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4901 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.28% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.75 7% 9.91 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,776 Write 1,123 Mixed 1,378 316% 1,426 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 64.3 221% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 533 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 193 201% 337 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 353%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 294GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10659 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27877 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.6% Above average	Read 112 Write 85.1 Mixed 90.1 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4170 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12744 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88% Excellent	Read 166 Write 140 Mixed 135 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.21 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 226GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 35.2 Mixed 14.8 35% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 20%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -3 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 0GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 91.4 Write 27.2 Mixed 37.8 55% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 4.17 4K Mixed 1.7 243% 5.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 105%

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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	7,118x
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 $95Bench 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 $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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