Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 18:08
Run Duration	403 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 320 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,022 102% 829 Pts	64-Core 1,319 82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1665 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 71.9 66% 77.4 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 64.2 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32660993 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 69097433864735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 827 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 149 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 39 51542163484 (C2) HDA temperature 28 39 51542163484 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32660993 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32660993 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32660993 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 64424509440 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48564 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40513 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40513 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14884 (F4) Unknown 94 94 13304000	77.8% Very good	Read 519 Write 227 Mixed 259 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 16.3 130% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 23.3 52% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 5TB (2015)-$634 281 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201650958 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49895005 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (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 67 57 554958881 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2625 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7016 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 48 201650958 (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 39019777885504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17808109430 (F2) Unknown 100 253 460298907538	109% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 173 Mixed 144 130% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.44 139% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 179GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 261089250 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1557 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 822935584 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 104392274 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 46 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	49.1% Average	Read 86.2 Write 85.1 Mixed 82.1 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.42 88% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 931GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 37.2 Mixed 15.5 36% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.14 42% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 572 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	4.77% Terrible	Read 14 Write 3.71 Mixed 5.41 8% 7.72 MB/s	4K Read 7.99 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.77% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 85%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,119x
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	1,664x
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 $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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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