Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91% 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	309% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '18 at 18:24
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 866 86% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.7 94% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 114 Splatting 95.7 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 1557 582 569 579 581 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 3,078 Write 2,035 Mixed 1,382 SusWrite 850 407% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 80.1 273% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 1,006 DQ Write 1,236 DQ Mixed 1,312 936% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 313%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 330GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 349 446 451 433 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 448 Mixed 382 SusWrite 397 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.9 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 350 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 42GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 95 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 87.8 Write 87.7 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 94.5 101% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 101%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,117x
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	1,663x
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 $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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