Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 10:25
Run Duration	452 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 695 78% 611 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 199 Parallax 180 153% 189 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 38393120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 -33732673114271 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2488 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 417 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 42953277468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38393120 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38393120 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38393120 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35216 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16467 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16467 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13015	84.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 244 Mixed 264 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 24.2 128% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 68 102% 193 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 93%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 102GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.9% Poor	Read 264 Write 201 Mixed 183 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 1.77 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 1.81 7% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 150085113 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3494 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17457231 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 77571404336737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (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 67 51 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9785 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 150085113 (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 -5085241276539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5324616787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6754275762	60.5% Good	Read 121 Write 87.1 Mixed 55.7 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 4.55 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.42 340% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203210870 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 47014999 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -19108309496223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (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 68 54 555614240 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5152 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 203210870 (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 -32263794324118 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14615886511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7034530340	50.6% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 74.9 Mixed 59.2 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.44 4K Write 5.66 4K Mixed 0.44 255% 2.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 90%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188046499 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 25049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 36 34 19589362053591 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4329 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770393611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 757465133 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 47244640301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 25 188046499 (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 -74547747319060 (F1) Unknown 100 253 568585494 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2904624041	53.8% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 93.1 Mixed 76.4 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.49 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 334GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4044883 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 63 63 38616 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 4036 (07) Seek error rate 39 38 2611344541374 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 37 9563 (B7) Unknown 1 1 100 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 4295884833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 723845162 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 51539607594 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 15 4044883 (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 3161095977529 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2030211503 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2746849992	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 84.6 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.52 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 97GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 120 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 27224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2300179 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2922 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 25770262565 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 54 48 5086117934 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29380 (C2) HDA temperature 46 52 -140737488355282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 3 120 (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 136412456318880 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1059254467 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1813141625	40.5% Average	Read 71.6 Write 69.4 Mixed 65.5 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.65 114% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 42.1 Write 39.3 Mixed 24.8 44% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 7.32 4K Mixed 0.69 275% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 74%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 39 Mixed 7.05 33% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.34 164% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 73%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 447GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 29.9 Mixed 4.13 26% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.08 10% 0.18 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.2 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,127x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,207x
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	427x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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