Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.59% 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	298% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 15:46
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 247 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 456 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.72 6% 9.11 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 648 643 632 646 643 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 3,395 Write 2,315 Mixed 1490 SusWrite 746 440% 1,986 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 71.5 251% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 775 DQ Mixed 889 664% 887 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 313%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1360 312 314 313 313 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,940 Write 1,501 Mixed 631 SusWrite 488 252% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 55.2 221% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,122 DQ Write 981 DQ Mixed 694 618% 932 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Jmicron Generic 512GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 7GB free Firmware: 1507 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 336 Write 281 Mixed 202 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 12.5 65% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 65.4 66% 107 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 151 154 153 152 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 124 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 150 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 193 195 193 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 168 Mixed 79.7 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: 108% Great: 96%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 224 Write 96.4 Mixed 61 SusWrite 93.8 138% 119 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 8.3 706% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 10.8 850% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 93%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 9GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	20% Poor	Read 28.9 Write 31.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 39.6 45% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20% 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 (46^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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	1,511x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	832x
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	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	115x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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