Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 18:28
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 79 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 89% 165 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 729 81% 638 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 155 Parallax 144 117% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 198 Mixed 249 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 7.6 82% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 82.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 9.9 33% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 186 187 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 199 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 187 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 94%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,811x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,062x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	482x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,375x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	817x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	401x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	350x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	297x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	283x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	409x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	332x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	268x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,240

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