Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 18:22
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 269 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 828 77% 640 Pts	64-Core 1,072 66% 1,072 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 201 Parallax 201 152% 196 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 189 Splatting 125 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 468 Mixed 367 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 52.1 175% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 205GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 187 153 169 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 181 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 166 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 576GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 149 165 150 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 148 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 157 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.8 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 120%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,783x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,052x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,361x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	812x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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	407x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	331x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	265x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,259

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16