Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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	182% 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	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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 03:42
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 899 84% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,228 76% 1,228 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.2 91% 109 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 238GB free Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20743 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1814 (E8) Unknown 100 100 54143330169 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	79.7% Very good	Read 279 Write 390 Mixed 272 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 17.6 113% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 81.8 114% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 193GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 907 (B1) Unknown 97 97 51 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 59 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22742237810	114% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 398 Mixed 412 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 48.9 183% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 115 136% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,498 Write 1,039 Mixed 1,074 267% 1,203 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 29 189% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 59.6 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 25.5 41% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 236%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 205 195 2708 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4119 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3382 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 974 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4119 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.68 165% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 135GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139429546 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9929969 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2260 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295294994 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 139429546 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10509785000351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2670972016 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30293571	40.4% Average	Read 77.7 Write 62.7 Mixed 75.3 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 68%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27.8 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 107%

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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	7,123x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,250x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,666x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,206x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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