Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 02:12
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 738 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 126 Parallax 117 92% 119 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,072 Write 745 Mixed 592 177% 803 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 45.4 164% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,120 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 1,084 785% 1,020 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 51 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 111 Write 60.3 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 49.8 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	7,128x
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