Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170925
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 17:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	39%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 259 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 772 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 100% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 340 332 216 337 248 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 447 Write 351 Mixed 282 SusWrite 298 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 34.7 119% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 196 172% 257 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 231GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1280 344 306 307 306 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,957 Write 1,400 Mixed 1,034 SusWrite 475 270% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.9 199% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 285 230% 333 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 198 195 189 194 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 168 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 191 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 5,007 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.2 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 96%

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

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Desktop 91%

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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