Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.9% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 06:00
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 245 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 842 79% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 129 Parallax 110 100% 120 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 99.6 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 264 137 130 132 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 470 Mixed 352 SusWrite 206 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.7 188% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 454 458 455 452 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 466 Mixed 384 SusWrite 451 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59 199% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 257GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 434 434 436 433 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 448 Mixed 395 SusWrite 433 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 49.6 166% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 301 242% 342 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 148GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 43 42 49 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 42.2 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 88%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$235 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 56GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 98 112 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 98 Write 100 Mixed 59 SusWrite 105 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 334% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 99 100 97 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 98.6 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 96%
Covecube Virtual Disk 11TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 16 17 16 15 12 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 45.7 Write 52.5 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 15.8 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 39%
Covecube Virtual Disk 16.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 11 11 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28% Poor	Read 85.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 54 SusWrite 11.4 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%
Inateck ASM1153E 1TB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 28GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 56 51 56 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 59 Write 57.3 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 54.4 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 120%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,154x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,258x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,673x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,215x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	430x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16