Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	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	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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 06:20
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 904 84% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,147 71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 124 Parallax 118 92% 118 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 118 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 839 314 290 277 276 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,183 Write 894 Mixed 529 SusWrite 379 166% 746 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.9 182% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,096 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 983 733% 977 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 302%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 145GB free Firmware: 3.43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 56 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 14.5 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 56.4 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 32%
General UDisk 32GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 3.4 6.2 8.2 7.2 9.2 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 18 Write 15.4 Mixed 15.6 SusWrite 6.7 18% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.9 61% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 24.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 25 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 129%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,160x
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 $45Bench 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 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16