Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 961 96% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,231 76% 1,231 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 147 Parallax 128 114% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 221GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7419 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1494 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3292214873	120% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 51.7 192% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 121 147% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
PNY XLR8 240GB-$212 552 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15966195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 83820581749591 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2403 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 20 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 64427720734 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15966195 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15966195 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15966195 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29137 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9644 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9644 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20380	73.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 246 Mixed 310 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 18.4 99% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 51.4 87% 169 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 647GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2401 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2567 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 154 Mixed 155 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.31 120% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 42.1 Write 23.4 Mixed 37.5 42% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.54 4K Write 9.81 4K Mixed 1.75 425% 6.7 MB/s	DQ Read 9.16 DQ Write 8.06 DQ Mixed 3.37 423% 6.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 108%

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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	7,118x
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 $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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