Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	82.9% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 20:54
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 286 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 809 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 99.1 90% 101 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 108 Splatting 74.3 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 25 25 23 25 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 449 Write 410 Mixed 303 SusWrite 55.2 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 45.1 146% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 182 185% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 198 163 160 150 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 435 Write 270 Mixed 176 SusWrite 176 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 29.2 108% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 123 126% 210 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 91%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 477GB free Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 1013 1152 1170 1176 1184 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,283 Write 1,136 Mixed 126 SusWrite 1,131 205% 919 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.4 238% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,280 DQ Write 982 DQ Mixed 574 581% 945 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 311%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 88GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 326 326 327 326 327 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,713 Write 1,381 Mixed 531 SusWrite 403 223% 1,007 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.8 174% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1143 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 721 636% 954 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 468GB free Firmware: MZ4OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 113 112 101 97 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 65.2 Write 61.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 100 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 84%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 31GB free Firmware: 33.08F33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 59 59 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 68 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 59.7 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 204% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $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