Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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.
Boot Drive	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 765 81% 647 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 112% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 140 147 152 73 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 402 Mixed 216 SusWrite 128 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39 164% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 106 135% 245 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 108%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 48GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 124 122 126 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 435 Write 156 Mixed 193 SusWrite 120 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.6 166% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 158 119% 159 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 83%
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 403GB free Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 609 611 613 613 612 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,534 Write 839 Mixed 1,269 SusWrite 642 239% 1,071 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 68.6 235% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 1,237 DQ Mixed 834 701% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 215%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4GB free Firmware: 70000P10 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 458 Mixed 417 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47.2 166% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 320 247% 336 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 97%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 177 170 169 169 166 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 163 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 170 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.3 148% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 113%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 116 123 133 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 127 Write 138 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 126 166% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,825 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 102%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,761x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,042x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	478x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,355x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	809x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	329x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

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) $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