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 below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	176% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 786 74% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 574 564 553 527 531 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,218 Write 817 Mixed 569 SusWrite 560 176% 791 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 51 207% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,095 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 369 353% 578 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 243%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 147 148 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 147 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3333 C16 3x8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 111%

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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	4,766x
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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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