Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 19:08
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$219 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 684 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 104% 130 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 160 Mixed 212 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 23.7 95% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 105 96% 154 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 81 47 63 58 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 97.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 64 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB CT8G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 83%

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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 $219Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,142x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,255x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,671x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,211x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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 $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	500x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	428x

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: $1,012

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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