Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	207% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th 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)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 820 79% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,122 70% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.6 84% 99.8 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 84.6 71% 87.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 1010 960 1009 977 992 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,643 Write 1,258 Mixed 666 SusWrite 987 254% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 48.3 161% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 655 499% 678 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 380 366 377 368 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 372 Write 379 Mixed 174 SusWrite 374 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 18.2 53% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 133%
WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA0 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 224GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 352 343 350 344 380 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 286 Write 284 Mixed 287 SusWrite 353 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 33.4 116% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 194 186% 295 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 121%
Sandisk CFast SDDR-299 64GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 39GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 72 72 84 76 87 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	22.5% Poor	Read 205 Write 119 Mixed 107 SusWrite 76.3 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 9.5 31% 8.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 53%
USB 3.0 Drobo S - Gen 2 17.5TB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 13TB free, PID 000a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 53 54 47 44 55 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 104 Write 78.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 53.3 83% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 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% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 125%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,513x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	833x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	573x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	401x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	97x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	145x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	90x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

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