Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.05% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	283% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 09:41
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 926 90% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8873 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.78 7% 9.6 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 0.09 5% 6.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1405 1218 1212 1194 1201 1182 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 1,795 Write 1,891 Mixed 1,374 SusWrite 1,235 354% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 88.2 283% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,277 DQ Write 829 DQ Mixed 1,018 768% 1,041 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 410%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 210GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.9 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 101 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 171 174 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 140 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 174 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016)-$143 139 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 187 189 190 190 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 132 131 133 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 41.4 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 126 63% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 72%
Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016)-$143 139 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 215 218 217 219 218 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 107%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING Builds (Compare 4,310 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,513x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	833x
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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	116x
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	84x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16