Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 below expectations (21^st percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 245 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 731 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 1,045 65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 155 Parallax 152 122% 152 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 152 Splatting 109 99% 122 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 149 148 145 145 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 421 Write 219 Mixed 161 SusWrite 149 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 24.1 110% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 38.3 40% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 152GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 414 410 397 388 387 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 400 Mixed 370 SusWrite 402 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 44.1 151% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 65.5 56% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 129%
Tcsunbow X3 480GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 378GB free Firmware: S042 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 322 319 324 325 327 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 326 Write 317 Mixed 281 SusWrite 325 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 13.2 55% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 39.5 DQ Mixed 16.9 16% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 399GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 143 143 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 146 Write 131 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 143 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 4x8GB 855 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 135%

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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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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	7,127x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,207x
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	427x

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 $177	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) $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