Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% 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 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.8% 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	156% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 16:16
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 791 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 131 Parallax 121 98% 124 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 126 Splatting 110 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 191 189 188 188 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,271 Write 999 Mixed 419 SusWrite 243 162% 733 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 43.5 166% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 767 DQ Mixed 665 562% 825 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 236%
Integral P Series 3 480GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 66GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 146 133 143 141 142 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.5% Below average	Read 173 Write 145 Mixed 146 SusWrite 144 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 14.8 4K Mixed 17.3 54% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 58.3 50% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 59%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 42GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 251 218 139 137 130 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 412 Write 261 Mixed 292 SusWrite 189 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 32.1 118% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 185 169% 259 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 491GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 428 431 447 442 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 424 Mixed 386 SusWrite 436 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 41.9 141% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 623GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 133 134 129 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 132 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 106%

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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	7,135x
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	1,668x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,209x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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	428x

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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