Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 711 82% 640 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2270 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 85 Parallax 74.5 68% 80.9 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 81 66% 80.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,979 Write 1,268 Mixed 942 308% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 70.5 262% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,335 DQ Mixed 1,003 801% 1,106 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 232GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 211 201 195 197 196 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 442 Write 394 Mixed 278 SusWrite 225 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 33.3 118% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 279 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 399 Mixed 381 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58 199% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 171 178 178 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 372 Write 168 Mixed 174 SusWrite 174 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 12.9 109% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 78.4 94% 163 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 78%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 174GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 193 103 104 103 104 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.6 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 94%

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Desktop 91%

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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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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