Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	83.8% 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	82.4% 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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 TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 17:45
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.7% Below average	Memory 57.5 1-Core 20.6 2-Core 48.9 29% 42.3 Pts	4-Core 99.2 8-Core 160 16% 129 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,375 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3881) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 57.1 Parallax 149 37% 83.6 fps	MRender 291 Gravity 241 Splatting 142 175% 225 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 414 417 415 411 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 440 Write 441 Mixed 388 SusWrite 404 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 31.2 101% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 189 142% 190 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 952GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 101 103 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 108 Write 98 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 101 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4 2x8GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 93%

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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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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