Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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.
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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 17:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 836 77% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 167 Parallax 172 126% 165 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 157 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,892 Write 1,732 Mixed 649 315% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 57.1 210% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,167 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 1,081 798% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 403 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64 217% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 780GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 82 85 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 74.8 Write 69.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 82.4 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 93 92 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 81 Mixed 71 SusWrite 91.5 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 4,565 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 28 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 102%

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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	1,513x
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

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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