Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	82.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 08:52
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (89^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 836 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 108% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 160 170 170 171 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 328 Write 259 Mixed 253 SusWrite 167 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 190 157% 223 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 191GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 210 210 207 202 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 353 Write 253 Mixed 280 SusWrite 208 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.3 164% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 228 175% 238 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 94%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 367GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 116 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 121 Write 110 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 115 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 79%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 139 138 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 146 Mixed 95 SusWrite 138 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 103%

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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	4,760x
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) $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