Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 02:31
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 707 66% 551 Pts	64-Core 1,041 64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 188 Parallax 170 140% 176 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 0.09 71% 98.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 142GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 473 491 488 455 468 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 428 Mixed 402 SusWrite 470 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 43.8 144% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 78 46 68 92 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 127 Write 121 Mixed 106 SusWrite 76.9 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 138 137 138 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 137 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 579GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 150 150 148 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 118 Mixed 72 SusWrite 149 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	7,117x
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	1,663x
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 $76Bench 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 $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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