Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	95.9% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 00:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 778 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 114 101% 124 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 250 120 129 119 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 405 Mixed 331 SusWrite 195 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 50.7 168% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6GB free Firmware: 040H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 185 Mixed 222 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 14.6 104% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 30.1 47% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 173 175 174 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 167 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 173 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 352GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 101 Write 110 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 63.6 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.4 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 85%

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

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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