Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 17:19
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 761 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 1,062 66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 94% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 119 Splatting 97.7 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 141 143 143 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 817 Write 142 Mixed 238 SusWrite 142 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 133 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 94 362% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 872 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 246 248% 422 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 245%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 170 170 171 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 919 Write 177 Mixed 259 SusWrite 171 83% 381 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 42.1 154% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 226 196% 301 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 185%
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 97GB free Firmware: 1.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 17 19 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 448 Write 27 Mixed 16.6 SusWrite 19 27% 128 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 13.9 70% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 33.9 48% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 112GB free Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 131 91 93 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 439 Write 258 Mixed 250 SusWrite 126 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 18.9 78% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 42.7 50% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 612GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 151 152 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 164 Mixed 108 SusWrite 152 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 99%

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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	7,162x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,259x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,674x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,215x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	539x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	430x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16