Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	24.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 00:24
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 893 87% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,222 76% 1,222 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.6 61% 72.3 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.8 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 98GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 76 76 76 77 67 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 502 Write 440 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 119 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 28.5 88% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 92%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 59 62 71 41 55 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.8% Poor	Read 99.2 Write 190 Mixed 17 SusWrite 65.7 21% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 11.9 36% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 70.2 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 2 36% 82.2 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 153%
Hitachi HTS545032A7E380 320GB 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 209GB free Firmware: GGBOACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 74 74 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 81.2 Write 77 Mixed 29 SusWrite 74.8 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 44%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 115 118 117 116 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 111%

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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) $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