Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	180% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 23:46
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 267 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 863 79% 661 Pts	64-Core 993 62% 993 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 106 80% 103 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 92 Splatting 84 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 318 327 328 328 325 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,522 Write 1,399 Mixed 707 SusWrite 375 223% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.9 167% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 962 DQ Mixed 647 586% 893 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 141GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 292 291 291 291 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 460 Mixed 401 SusWrite 309 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.1 203% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 346 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 95GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 132 115 136 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 382 Write 146 Mixed 201 SusWrite 128 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 32.3 144% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 156 120% 164 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 15.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 101%

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

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,770x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,046x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	479x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,356x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	810x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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	405x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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