Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 14:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 695 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 93% 113 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 85 77% 95 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB-$145 368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 48317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 85903409184 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 89965 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23319 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18631 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 29632	84.5% Excellent	Read 512 Write 303 Mixed 415 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 17.5 111% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 15.8 90% 205 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 892GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 93.9 Mixed 79.5 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 4.29 4K Mixed 0.49 163% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 68GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145927080 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120666036 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 35 13104567156770 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 456412 (C2) HDA temperature 34 65 77309411362 (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 127646428053597 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19899950315 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28131105967	96.6% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 152 Mixed 153 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 167984944 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4665524729 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 66135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 31 -3773562850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 844198 (C2) HDA temperature 30 69 85899345950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 36 167984944 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.9% Average	Read 71.6 Write 77.8 Mixed 79.5 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.19 53% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,514x
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