Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	223% 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	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.

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	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 01:41
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 833 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 195 Parallax 198 151% 193 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 181 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 568 573 566 567 561 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,901 Write 1,655 Mixed 599 SusWrite 609 264% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 59.4 206% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 961 DQ Mixed 802 668% 967 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 432 433 442 441 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 318 Mixed 371 SusWrite 436 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.7 175% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 285 232% 329 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 61GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 448 407 466 459 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 436 Mixed 388 SusWrite 429 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 41.8 139% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 149 129% 191 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 129GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 987 880 880 879 879 873 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,303 Write 1,067 Mixed 1068 SusWrite 896 243% 1,084 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 85.2 280% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 1063 DQ Mixed 1,168 877% 1,174 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 171%

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

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,150x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,256x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,672x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,214x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	429x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16