Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 01:20
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 240 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 742 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 447GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,213 Write 1,417 Mixed 1,297 363% 1,642 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.2 168% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 159 173% 298 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22005 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2237 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 237 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8976533423380 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	42.8% Average	Read 469 Write 54.4 Mixed 115 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 5.14 59% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 7.67 29% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101875936 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 48 292099885303 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1802 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 93057 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 30064771098 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10861972286651 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9988791157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8613728351	77.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 128 Mixed 125 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 250GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 109 6933 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3338 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 222593 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.6% Below average	Read 81.4 Write 39.4 Mixed 74 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.23 46% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

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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