Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '21 at 22:53
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 73.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 279 81% 153 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 887 84% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,130 70% 1,130 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.2 75% 98.6 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 95.1 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 372 Mixed 362 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 33.4 117% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 211 155% 210 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 92%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free Firmware: CS221017 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 438 Mixed 327 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 30.2 110% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 92.5 98% 169 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 57 62 69 73 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 58.9 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 64.3 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 58%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 23GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 125 127 104 156 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 117 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 134 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 110%
SABRENT 4TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 92GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 40.9 Write 38.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 15.1 25% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 106%
WD My Book 25ED 4TB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 38 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 13.7 36% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 82% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 110%
Drobo Gen3 17.5TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 7TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 31.4 Write 31.4 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 13.1 36% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.9 264% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$68 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.7% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	27.2"	1280 720	GSM5B08 LG Ultra HD

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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	7,150x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,256x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,672x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,214x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	429x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16