Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	259% 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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 15:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 295 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 822 88% 701 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 5511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 113 Parallax 126 101% 121 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 116 Splatting 103 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1327 284 282 284 284 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,262 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,120 SusWrite 457 294% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 81.5 282% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,430 DQ Mixed 989 808% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 280%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 725GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 76%
USB2.0 Flash Disk 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 3.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.5 8% 7.28 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $477

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,811x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,062x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	482x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,375x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	817x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	401x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	350x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	297x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	283x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	409x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	332x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	268x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16