Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	55.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 80.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 259 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 843 84% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 87 Parallax 143 86% 112 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 99 Splatting 125 87% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1280074385888 (A6) Unknown 100 100 31 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 89 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 227634446372 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6623026744104 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6540 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13298 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6644 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10950 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 457 Write 128 Mixed 226 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 13.4 93% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 12.5 21% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 833GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21850 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 162 Mixed 129 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 11GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 147 Write 10.6 Mixed 14.5 46% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.63 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.28 39% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 103%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,760x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,042x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	478x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,355x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	809x
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	281x

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	329x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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