Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% 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	77.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 17:29
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 164 2-Core 328 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 649 8-Core 1,017 103% 833 Pts	64-Core 1,316 81% 1,316 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 121% 144 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 127 127 126 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 442 Write 136 Mixed 200 SusWrite 128 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 36.8 141% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 156 126% 181 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 77%
Adata XPG SX900 64GB-$71 593 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 47GB free Firmware: 5.0.5c SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 74 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 398 Write 78 Mixed 126 SusWrite 73.5 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 37.1 134% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 72.8 DQ Mixed 77.4 60% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 85.2 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 146GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 54 54 56 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 56 Mixed 42 SusWrite 55.3 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 23.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 107%

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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	7,129x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,668x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,208x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $300	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