Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.77% 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	304% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 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	Sep 05 '18 at 14:01
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 518 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.06 6% 9.36 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2394 811 611 611 611 609 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,750 Write 2,389 Mixed 719 SusWrite 941 377% 1,700 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 64.8 248% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,424 DQ Write 1,327 DQ Mixed 1,203 950% 1,318 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 313%
Jmicron Generic 512GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 384GB free Firmware: 1507 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 313 306 309 309 309 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 354 Write 312 Mixed 258 SusWrite 309 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 13.8 65% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 72.9 77% 127 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 153 153 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 153 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 978GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 163 162 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 160 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 96%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 94 90 90 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 246 Write 57.7 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 85.8 129% 116 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 5.4 467% 8.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 93%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 21GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 39 42 42 41 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 74.5 Write 68.7 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 41.2 72% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 31%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 128GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 90GB free, PID fa05, PNY 128GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 187 Write 118 Mixed 86 SusWrite 106 155% 124 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 34% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 72 88 93 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 97.3 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 87.7 148% 128 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 8.4 697% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 12.9 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 10.6 837% 12 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 93%

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 (66^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 31.3 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 120%

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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	1,513x
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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	145x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	90x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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