Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	338% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 03:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 922 90% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,151 71% 1,151 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 60.3 53% 64.6 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 58.7 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (09) Power-on hours count 111 100 7023 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6705 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9697 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9749 (A9) Unknown 100 100 41 (AA) Unknown 100 100 15 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9692 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4818 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 249108103205 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 324 (E8) Unknown 100 100 94 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1879019 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15269 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17487	54.8% Above average	Read 437 Write 360 Mixed 389 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 4.08 43% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 25.9 31% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 86%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,689 Write 2,257 Mixed 2,554 558% 2,500 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 74.8 227% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 225 232% 383 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 393%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 95%

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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	1,511x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	832x
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	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	115x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

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