Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	94% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 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 12 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 693 77% 608 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 149 Parallax 131 115% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 292 293 288 293 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 291 Mixed 253 SusWrite 288 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36 141% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 227 191% 279 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 48GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 146 145 146 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 360 Mixed 380 SusWrite 173 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.3 198% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 175 182% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 91GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 95 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 12.5 Write 30.7 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 96.3 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 170 167 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 159 Mixed 105 SusWrite 170 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 26 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,126x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,252x
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	1,206x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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