Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 285 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 839 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 222GB free Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1683 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 34 (A3) Unknown 100 100 207 (94) Unknown 100 100 181376 (95) Unknown 100 100 2643 (96) Unknown 100 100 2474 (97) Unknown 100 100 2628 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45270 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37534308827163 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 189305 (F2) Unknown 100 100 174959 (F5) Unknown 100 100 267375 (F6) Unknown 100 100 362752 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.9% Very good	Read 489 Write 252 Mixed 274 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 24.1 108% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 47.2 87% 176 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 92%
Kingston SUV500M8120G 120GB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056R6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (64) Unknown 100 100 29864 (65) Unknown 100 100 7152 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 41 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 167505231911 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 190 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 190 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 111 (EA) Unknown 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 190	83.2% Excellent	Read 487 Write 306 Mixed 222 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 19 118% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 53.3 92% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387853738 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 240519544868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 160 Mixed 161 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 755GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167718848 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7989586 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1202 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 46 46 54 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1716 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 107 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 99%
ASMT 2115 3TB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 189 Write 188 Mixed 86.1 189% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 18.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 80%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,513x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	833x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	573x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	401x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	97x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	145x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	90x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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