Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	723 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 777 82% 654 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 114% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G5LC709B121-511 240GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 223GB free Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2959110 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 75720273429964 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1366 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 293 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (C2) HDA temperature 28 33 38656868380 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2959110 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2959110 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2959110 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25615 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3068 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3068 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2267	32.8% Below average	Read 513 Write 1.38 Mixed 2.82 36% 172 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 1.41 46% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q 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 99 99 973 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 111 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1696520006	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 43 159% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 98.7 84% 116 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 139457588103802 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1119 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 33 38656868379 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 202105 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 202105 (F2) Unknown 100 100 216134 (F9) Unknown 100 100 39794	54.6% Above average	Read 461 Write 116 Mixed 135 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 10.4 90% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 35 39% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 836GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1320 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43320 (C2) HDA temperature 120 116 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	66.1% Good	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 84%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 98.9 131% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,055x
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 $130Bench 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 $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