Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 20:16
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 161 61% 106 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 628 54% 465 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 3.59 3% 5.86 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 5.53 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.92 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$87 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 655366 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 484 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 38 163210067998 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 47 (EA) Unknown 100 100 72 (F1) Unknown 253 253 72 (F2) Unknown 253 253 45 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.1% Very good	Read 490 Write 297 Mixed 243 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 13.2 106% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 12.6 74% 173 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 25786974480 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 141735100441 (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 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 191 Mixed 174 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.19 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 24GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 62 Write 62.7 Mixed 61.1 80% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 1x8GB 4,974 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 10.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 57%

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

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,522x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	837x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	577x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	404x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	146x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	91x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $644

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16