Asus TUF Z370-PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 06:35
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	46%

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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 816 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 45.6 31% 39.1 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 39.3 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 292 293 293 294 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,388 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,062 SusWrite 469 298% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 76.7 263% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 883 DQ Mixed 989 724% 946 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 280%
USB 3.0 Storage 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 148GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 324 325 304 307 305 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.7% Very good	Read 360 Write 340 Mixed 335 SusWrite 320 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 30.2 97% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 152 111% 144 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 77%
Intel SSDSC2BW360H6 360GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 282GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 247 216 242 238 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 469 Write 281 Mixed 272 SusWrite 233 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 23.9 83% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 101 88% 134 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 64%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 144 145 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 137 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 145 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 105%

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Typical TUF Z370-PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 1,621 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PRO GAMING

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	676x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	302x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	196x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	146x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	144x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	132x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	84x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	35x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	30x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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