Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	70.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 12:29
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 800 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 96 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 111 140 117 145 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 293 Write 196 Mixed 227 SusWrite 128 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 36.9 142% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 176 127% 163 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 84%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 229GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 230 235 219 231 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 292 Mixed 293 SusWrite 231 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.8 161% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 164 154% 239 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 238GB 2,635 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 190GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 144 99 102 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 429 Mixed 356 SusWrite 152 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 43 158% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 185 170% 261 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 98.3 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 100 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 178 177 179 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 161 Mixed 106 SusWrite 177 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 2TB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 111 Write 126 Mixed 87.5 139% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 25.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%

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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	7,127x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,252x
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	1,206x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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