Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 91.2%, 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	20% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 18:57
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 106 2-Core 276 83% 155 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 774 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 126 112% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 39 32 19 41 32 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20% Poor	Read 179 Write 7.5 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 34.7 17% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 3.3 35% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 7.2 DQ Mixed 6.9 8% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 168 167 172 172 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 171 Mixed 80 SusWrite 169 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
Imation Ridge 32GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 21GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	0.62% Terrible	Read 2.3 Write 0.7 Mixed 3 SusWrite 1.3 2% 1.83 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.62% Great: 10%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.9 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 4.4 12% 9.58 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 58% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 94%

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Gaming 111%

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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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,780x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,051x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,360x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	812x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	282x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	406x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	331x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	265x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,268

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16