Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '23 at 00:39
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 132 2-Core 267 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 786 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 7.6 6% 7.6 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 10.8 7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 305 301 299 255 219 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 434 Write 317 Mixed 291 SusWrite 282 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 30.9 115% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 248 213% 313 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 129%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 129GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 67 67 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 25.7 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 66.2 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 174 172 174 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 121 Write 150 Mixed 68 SusWrite 173 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%
Seagate ST3400833NS 400GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 216GB free Firmware: 3.AEH SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 105 Write 13.2 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 43.7 34% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	51	31	60	27.6"	2560 1369	DELA0EC DELL U2718Q

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,149x
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	1,213x
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	428x

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16