Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	184% 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 (96%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 04:57
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 735 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 1134 70% 1134 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 160 Parallax 167 134% 164 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 143 Splatting 108 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 616 179 644 1028 1273 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 280 Mixed 487 SusWrite 769 162% 738 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.3 186% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 459 358% 510 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 283%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 280GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1376 1071 585 590 590 589 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 2,196 Mixed 1,539 SusWrite 800 389% 1,742 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 74.9 250% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 882 DQ Write 714 DQ Mixed 804 600% 800 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING Builds (Compare 4,128 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,054x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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