Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	164% 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 ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3620 x 1527 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 162 2-Core 310 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 1,037 101% 827 Pts	64-Core 1,376 85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1347 308 310 309 309 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 2,164 Write 1,473 Mixed 1186 SusWrite 482 294% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 39.9 140% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 112 83% 109 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 280%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 56GB free Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 309 307 309 308 309 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 465 Write 296 Mixed 261 SusWrite 308 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 24.3 90% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 95.2 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 93.7 70% 94 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 95%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 379 Write 223 Mixed 252 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 17.9 76% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 95.2 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 31.9 38% 66.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 118 116 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 118 Write 68 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 118 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 704GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 127 130 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 132 Mixed 73 SusWrite 129 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 25.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 101%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	578x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	200x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	123x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	133x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	86x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	59x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	47x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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