Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way 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. 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way 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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 873 87% 708 Pts	64-Core 1136 70% 1136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 89% 113 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 82.6 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 838 909 909 911 911 905 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 898 Mixed 704 SusWrite 897 251% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 57.9 238% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,036 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 373 354% 576 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 302GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 479 481 481 482 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 484 Mixed 416 SusWrite 466 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 69.3 235% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 107GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 109 134 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 398 Write 160 Mixed 212 SusWrite 129 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 42.5 172% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 126 107% 156 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 83%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 137 197 204 206 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 259 Mixed 269 SusWrite 191 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 43.5 180% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 237 187% 260 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,010 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 119%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	351x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	113x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	37x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	17x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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