Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 901 94% 755 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2190 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Lighting 87 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 81.2 71% 83.7 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 77.8 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,344 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,178 366% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 83.6 292% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,499 DQ Mixed 1,003 825% 1,159 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 355GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 98 101 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 75.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 98.2 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 353GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 84 87 84 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 85.4 102% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.9% 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 (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 29 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,754x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,042x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	477x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,354x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	808x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	345x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	281x

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	328x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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