Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 21:48
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 781 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 67.4 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 74.1 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 73 68 81 77 83 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 85.1 Write 84 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 74 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 154GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 116 116 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 129GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 164 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 159 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 162 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 104%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 126 129 127 123 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 152 Write 160 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 126 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 10GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 21 14 14 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 89.9 Write 34.2 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 22 57% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2 125% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 11.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 48%

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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