Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 21:51
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 814 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 134 Parallax 125 98% 127 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 301 303 302 305 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 1,421 Mixed 956 SusWrite 475 286% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 83.6 284% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,036 DQ Mixed 1,007 758% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 280%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 325 326 327 327 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 477 Mixed 333 SusWrite 331 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.6 206% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 223 204% 313 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 222GB free Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 136 149 149 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 448 Write 349 Mixed 282 SusWrite 147 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 18.7 81% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 23.6 DQ Mixed 40.8 38% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 355 350 301 354 345 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 492 Write 352 Mixed 220 SusWrite 344 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 12.3 66% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 24 DQ Mixed 35.2 33% 54 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 86%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 165 168 167 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 9.2 Write 32 Mixed 21 SusWrite 167 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB-$253 5,267 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 27.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 29.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 115%

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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	7,119x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,664x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
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	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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