Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	148% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190430
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 14:39
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 786 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 95.8 78% 95.5 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 60.9 59% 74.2 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 564 327 325 325 324 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,986 Write 1,479 Mixed 571 SusWrite 364 243% 1100 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 37.8 133% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 125 93% 124 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 236GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 355 337 449 459 459 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 471 Write 459 Mixed 392 SusWrite 407 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 34.7 112% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,055x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	722x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	423x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	271x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	184x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	176x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	125x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $927

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