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Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 01:32
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 732 70% 581 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 166 Reflection 164 Parallax 165 136% 165 fps	Gravity 153 Splatting 127 122% 140 fps
Poor: 116% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$88 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,154 Write 925 Mixed 408 183% 829 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 45 157% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 991 DQ Write 805 DQ Mixed 595 528% 797 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$85 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 122 122 122 124 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 64.9 Write 114 Mixed 67 SusWrite 121 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 199% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 90%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 110 110 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 111 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 82 77 70 76 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 36.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 73.2 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 451GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 142 144 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 154 Mixed 101 SusWrite 142 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 109%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 902GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 14 12 16 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.21% Terrible	Read 7.2 Write 7.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 13 12% 8.68 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.21% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$45 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 101%

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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 - $375

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,540x
Core i5-8600KIntel $140Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,312x
Core i7-8700Intel $145Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	591x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,775x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,281x
RTX 3080Nvidia $709Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	669x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	558x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	517x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	459x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $46Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	591x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	534x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	490x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $917

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $273	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350