Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '22 at 19:38
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 155 2-Core 274 98% 174 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 994 99% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,198 74% 1,198 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 85.3 74% 89 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 72.8 71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 365 366 363 364 360 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 381 Mixed 334 SusWrite 364 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 48.7 181% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 270 225% 326 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 130%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 139GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 491 457 317 229 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 488 Mixed 450 SusWrite 367 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 69.8 228% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD Red Pro 3TB (2014)-$170 548 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.5 0% 0.5 MB/s	4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 127 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 93 SusWrite 128 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%
ST2000DM 006-2DM164 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 185 184 185 185 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 193 Write 158 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 183 206% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 119%

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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	7,141x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,255x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,671x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,210x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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	500x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	428x

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 $269	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 $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