Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 06:49
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 744 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 3 (C2) HDA temperature 115 113 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.1% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 192 Mixed 182 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 6GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13457 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 33 (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	41.8% Average	Read 73.8 Write 71.4 Mixed 72.4 55% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.44 124% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 60%
WD 2500BB External 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 76GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 33.1 Mixed 16.4 34% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.41 61% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 4,772 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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