Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	278% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 16:27
Run Duration	415 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 844 84% 685 Pts	64-Core 1153 71% 1153 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.7 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,651 Write 1,397 Mixed 1,361 396% 1,803 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 55 209% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 579 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 206 238% 411 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 254%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 165GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 130 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 83 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 585932421	86.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 266 Mixed 276 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 27.6 131% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 67.1 104% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%
SMI 64GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	5.74% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 5.69 Mixed 10.5 13% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.48 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.004 24% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.74% Great: 7%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 12GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 5.15 Mixed 5.83 9% 9.02 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.006 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 27.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 28 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,070x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	729x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	487x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	425x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	276x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	186x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	177x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	127x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $926

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