Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	122% 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	244% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 07:41
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 104% 193 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 1,004 102% 823 Pts	64-Core 1,318 82% 1,318 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 188 Parallax 172 136% 176 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 120 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02du7 NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 752GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 1,044 Mixed 1,150 307% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 70.6 241% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 240 272% 468 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 247%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 437GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2869 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8388715 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 790 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 257699282980 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128849936414 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1771 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2198 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2076 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1261 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.2% Very good	Read 480 Write 238 Mixed 259 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 19.3 102% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 43.2 94% 200 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 107%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 128 128 116 (03) Spinup time 212 212 38671483244 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 952 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 952 (C2) HDA temperature 232 232 176094838812 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 216 216 34376319333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 992 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 992 (C2) HDA temperature 216 216 171799871518 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 191973795 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 383 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7926285 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488243229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 460 (C2) HDA temperature 29 15 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 191973795 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12150462478393 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7708182410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 401700371
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 194437118 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7631489 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 488243229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 457 (C2) HDA temperature 29 15 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 194437118 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140088948291653 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7706854796 (F2) Unknown 100 253 403088489
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR BLS16G4D240FSC.16FAD BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR BLS16G4D240FSC.16FAD 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2448, 2448, 2448, 2448 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

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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	7,128x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,208x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	427x

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: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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