Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 22:17
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 860 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,115 69% 1,115 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 75 Parallax 65.4 62% 72.1 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 70.6 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1204 405 311 312 313 312 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,291 Write 1470 Mixed 1,114 SusWrite 476 296% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 71.4 240% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 864 639% 846 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 280%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 118GB free Firmware: X232201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 273 276 276 276 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 420 Write 274 Mixed 205 SusWrite 272 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 33.2 133% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 121 126% 210 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 557GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 97 99 100 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 85 Write 84 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 98.6 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 557GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 96 97 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 92 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 97.2 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 1TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 799GB free, PID 02a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 105 109 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 38 SusWrite 107 122% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 104%

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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	7,128x
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	1,208x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $40	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