Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 86.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 890 88% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,147 71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 860F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 32 Parallax 39.2 39% 39.6 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ TRION100 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 473 454 301 302 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 467 Mixed 437 SusWrite 411 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.1 187% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 88GB free Firmware: 1AG01114 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 68 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 35.3 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 66.8 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 580GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 56.3 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 102 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 535GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 107 110 117 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 148 Mixed 34 SusWrite 113 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 1x8GB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 3 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 67%

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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 $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