Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.41% 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	89% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 18:17
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 271 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 822 77% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 2313) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 9.9 9% 10.9 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 7.9 7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 234 248 257 252 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 357 Write 292 Mixed 311 SusWrite 241 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 36.3 153% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 190 176% 269 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 125 125 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 151 Write 135 Mixed 95.6 SusWrite 124 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 21.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,766x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,046x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	479x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,356x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	810x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	282x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	405x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

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