Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.3% 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	224% 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 (73%). 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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 22:39
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 151 2-Core 278 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 874 84% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,172 73% 1,172 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 116 102% 127 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 329 329 328 327 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 1,295 Mixed 617 SusWrite 379 233% 1058 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 58.7 233% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 1,146 DQ Mixed 701 656% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 723GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 146 140 145 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 112 Write 150 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 145 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 596GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 168 170 167 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 37.3 Write 113 Mixed 46 SusWrite 168 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 105%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 17GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 115 Write 96.2 Mixed 67.8 113% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.8 101% 2 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 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	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 122%

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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	7,128x
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	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,208x
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 $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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