Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190424
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 23:29
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 636 61% 503 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 175 Parallax 175 131% 171 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 743 597 577 577 578 585 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,252 Write 2,020 Mixed 1,463 SusWrite 609 354% 1,586 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 67.6 228% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 788 555% 719 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 340%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 165 163 174 163 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 156 Mixed 85 SusWrite 165 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.9 266% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 117 116 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 59 SusWrite 114 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 228GB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 123 130 131 130 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 26.7 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 28.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 111%

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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	1,511x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	832x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	572x

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	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	115x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

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