Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	9.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.9% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 19:42
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 937 94% 764 Pts	64-Core 1,245 77% 1,245 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.66% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.66% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6582 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1715 (B1) Unknown 94 94 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 287 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29720236938	96.9% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 349 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 28.2 146% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 73 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 118%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 17GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4115321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 7842610290724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2847 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 318 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4115321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4115321 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4115321 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3519 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4192 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4192 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2941	41% Average	Read 190 Write 59.8 Mixed 87.3 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 14.2 92% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 78.6 DQ Write 61.6 DQ Mixed 21 29% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 51%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 377GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 158 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15328 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1006 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15327 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.2% Average	Read 77.1 Write 69.7 Mixed 73.2 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 320GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168442648 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 43 39 1696520297569 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 81 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131204 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 22 168442648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105471511877065 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1957073018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1988553393	54.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 89.3 Mixed 92.7 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.45 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53341240 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30928842 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2831 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75260 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 47244640283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40084929770377 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30086991357380 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35306897636201	72.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 110 Mixed 101 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 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