Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	321% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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 i3-8350K-$100 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 530 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6169 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.94 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2508 729 607 607 608 605 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,743 Write 2,502 Mixed 1,648 SusWrite 944 437% 1,959 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.5 284% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,627 DQ Write 1,339 DQ Mixed 1,410 1,076% 1,459 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 313%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 310 310 311 311 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,588 Write 1,328 Mixed 511 SusWrite 480 217% 977 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 62.8 279% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 1,246 DQ Mixed 802 705% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Jmicron Generic 512GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 23GB free Firmware: 1507 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 317 310 306 328 325 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 318 Write 287 Mixed 217 SusWrite 318 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 12.6 64% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 66.1 67% 108 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 192 191 193 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 165 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 192 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 153 155 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 131 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 153 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 96%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 17GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 30.4 Write 31.6 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 41.8 45% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 118% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 29.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 120%

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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	1,510x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	832x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	572x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	400x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	115x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

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