Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 719 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 87 Parallax 77.8 71% 84 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 68.7 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 119GB free Firmware: C091126a SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 163 158 146 168 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 192 Write 159 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 160 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 6.8 33% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 9.1 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 6 6% 9.9 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 30%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 303 302 306 304 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 281 Mixed 318 SusWrite 301 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 36.4 137% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 167 154% 235 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,478 Write 1,218 Mixed 1,019 344% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 74.9 248% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,274 DQ Mixed 1013 796% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 730GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 462 461 467 465 466 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 458 Mixed 435 SusWrite 460 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 44.5 148% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 342 259% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 268 267 269 268 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 444 Write 271 Mixed 302 SusWrite 266 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 39.7 142% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 221 169% 226 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32.4 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,054x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	722x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	423x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	271x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	184x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	176x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	125x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $927

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 $46

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