Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81.4% 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	288% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 768 88% 688 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 107 82% 106 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 96 Splatting 98.1 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1980 779 576 576 580 579 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,427 Write 2,363 Mixed 1,584 SusWrite 845 404% 1,805 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 85.2 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,198 DQ Write 1,014 DQ Mixed 1110 830% 1,107 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 222GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 422 418 422 422 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 408 Mixed 271 SusWrite 420 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 19.9 140% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 114 122% 198 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 345GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 48 47 47 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 49 Write 35.8 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 46.6 32% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 359GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 94 Write 87.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 102 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 731GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 165 167 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 167 Mixed 110 SusWrite 164 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 28.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 27.3 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

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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	7,117x
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 $76Bench 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) $35	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