Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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	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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 01:24
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 766 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.2 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 84.5 0% 56.1 fps	Gravity 103 Splatting 92.4 86% 97.8 fps
Poor: 80% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 185 187 184 186 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 444 Mixed 252 SusWrite 189 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 46 162% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 208 174% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 270GB free Firmware: S1120A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 311 157 10 89 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 161 Write 332 Mixed 384 SusWrite 132 58% 252 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.4 22% 6.8 MB/s	DQ Read 59.9 DQ Write 9.3 DQ Mixed 0.3 9% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 103%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 333GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 75 75 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 79.9 Write 82.4 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 75.9 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 294GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 81.7 Write 78.5 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 85.2 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 50: 4R 7G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
50%	32%	62	106	5	144	23.5"	1920 1080	ACR062A ED242QR A

History: Score 40: 4R 5G 5B | Score 50: 4R 7G 9B

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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	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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