Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 22:23
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 221 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 634 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 72.8 64% 77.6 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 65.5 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1138 1168 1176 1174 1180 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,744 Write 1,709 Mixed 739 SusWrite 1,176 300% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.8 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 954 739% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 302%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 410 427 437 445 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 444 Mixed 313 SusWrite 429 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 39.1 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 156 143% 212 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 105%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 119GB free Firmware: 0007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 126 139 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 323 Write 139 Mixed 170 SusWrite 137 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 14 108% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 91.3 91% 148 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 144 144 147 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 133 Mixed 95 SusWrite 144 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 97%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 559GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 139 139 138 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 138 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.3 245% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB-$190 7,103 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.5 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 142%

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

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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	7,119x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,664x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
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	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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