Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	85.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 21:44
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 956 89% 741 Pts	64-Core 1217 75% 1217 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 109% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 446 26 7.6 243 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 502 Write 432 Mixed 377 SusWrite 227 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 26.4 139% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 1.2 68% 159 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 100%
Adata SU650 480GB-$89 17,796 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 91GB free Firmware: Q0616B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 76 109 15 104 15 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 506 Write 442 Mixed 409 SusWrite 128 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 21 128% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 25.2 75% 154 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 99%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$71 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 111GB free Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 476 477 471 470 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 467 Mixed 422 SusWrite 472 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.5 174% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 269 217% 304 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 127%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 321GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 109 110 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 130 Write 68.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 110 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 84%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 168 177 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 172 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 301% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,150x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,257x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,672x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,215x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	429x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16