Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	252% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 19:20
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 220 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 812 78% 645 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0521) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 82.1 54% 72.5 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 58.3 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1400 1128 1165 1190 1178 1179 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,788 Write 1750 Mixed 881 SusWrite 1,207 315% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 59 205% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 898 698% 957 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 276 276 277 276 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 459 Mixed 406 SusWrite 297 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.4 200% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 226 207% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 56GB free Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 61 59 63 62 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 159 Write 78.3 Mixed 102 SusWrite 61.8 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 30.8 112% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 87.3 67% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 51%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 334GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1.3 Write 1 SusWrite 0.4 1% 0.9 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 63%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 18 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 3.4 14% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 129%

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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	7,134x
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	1,668x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,209x
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	428x

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 $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