Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 02:05
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$320 238,707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 695 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 898 60% 898 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$480 177,757 User benchmarks, average bench 99% Nvidia(10DE 13AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 104 Parallax 133 96% 118 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 109 Splatting 89.8 96% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 108%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 6,909 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 105 76 75 100 44 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 406 Write 318 Mixed 238 SusWrite 85.9 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 14.3 66% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 32.4 DQ Mixed 41.4 28% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 58%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 6,909 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 73GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 4.1 45 125 48 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 423 Write 331 Mixed 299 SusWrite 92 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 18 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 42 42% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 500GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.8% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 39 Mixed 39 SusWrite 40.9 9% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 12 40% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 26.1 DQ Mixed 11.8 13% 22.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 82%
WD My Passport 25EA 3TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 86GB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 27 27 28 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 24.7 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 29.5 36% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$71 455,838 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $280

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 532,704 samples	1,394x
Core i5-8600KIntel $218Bench 92%, 178,623 samples	869x
Core i7-8700Intel $320Bench 90%, 238,707 samples	590x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	444x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples	383x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 273%, 307,134 samples	155x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	138x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	238x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	137x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 86%, 18,707 samples	90x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,026

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16