Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	170% 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	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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 08:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 822 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 22.5 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 174%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7158 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 9.09 7% 9.96 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 17 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 852 843 837 776 890 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 998 Write 875 Mixed 890 SusWrite 840 203% 901 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 36.1 113% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 992 743% 993 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 355%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 374 385 379 363 258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 452 Write 405 Mixed 292 SusWrite 355 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 23.6 78% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 197 171% 253 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 121 121 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 125 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 4x8GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 101%

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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	7,127x
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	1,207x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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