Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	226% 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	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-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,014 101% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,310 81% 1,310 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 536 505 498 493 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,960 Write 1,672 Mixed 859 SusWrite 562 281% 1,263 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 50.8 221% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 1006 768% 1036 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 254%
Crucial MX200 mSATA 500GB-$79 522 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 136GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 392 393 392 393 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 394 Mixed 313 SusWrite 392 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 44.1 152% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 159 145% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 77GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 364 373 370 363 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 376 Mixed 279 SusWrite 367 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 41.4 165% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 320 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 407 Mixed 354 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.5 150% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 185 178% 280 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 193GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 81.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 84 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 164GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 183 185 183 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 129 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 182 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 31.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 109%

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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	4,761x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,043x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	478x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,355x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	809x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

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 $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