Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	315% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 570 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6169 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.06 6% 9.36 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2427 798 617 621 621 619 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,774 Write 2,426 Mixed 766 SusWrite 950 384% 1,729 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 66.5 256% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,652 DQ Write 1412 DQ Mixed 1,158 970% 1,407 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 313%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 170 170 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 148 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 169 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 985GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 147 147 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 110 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 146 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 96%
JMicron Generic 512GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 447GB free, PID 0576 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 304 309 306 305 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 304 Mixed 243 SusWrite 305 403% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 7.8 2,380% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 8.4 2,165% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 299%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 30.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 120%

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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	1,521x
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	346x
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