Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 06:18
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 897 94% 755 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 101% 129 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 120 Splatting 106 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1893 (A6) Unknown 100 100 250 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 491 (A9) Unknown 100 100 146 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 358 (AE) Unknown 100 100 463 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 45 193274183720 (D4) Unknown 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2909 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 46646 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18831 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22816 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 424 Write 178 Mixed 234 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 16.7 127% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 92.9 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 15 42% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 240GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70523504 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43885617 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1782 (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 61 48 656539687 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63839 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 30064771111 (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 -91925185031772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24221715437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33623347268	77.6% Very good	Read 153 Write 118 Mixed 146 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 107%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $477

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,769x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,046x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	479x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,356x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	810x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	282x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	405x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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