Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 16:10
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 787 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 81 Parallax 69.3 67% 77.3 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 75.3 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,452 Write 1,451 Mixed 1,095 366% 1,666 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 85.4 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,478 DQ Mixed 1,012 827% 1,156 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 679GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 102 101 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 101 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 353GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 36.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 37.2 47% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 29.2 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 31.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $477

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,773x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,048x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	480x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,357x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	810x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	282x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	405x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	265x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

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 $184	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