Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.9% 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	294% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 15:37
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 979 98% 796 Pts	64-Core 1,281 79% 1,281 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2625 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 138 Parallax 127 99% 129 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2059 735 580 591 583 584 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,444 Write 2,250 Mixed 1,456 SusWrite 855 391% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 90.3 297% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1219 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 1,174 877% 1,165 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 340%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 477GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 357GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 469 473 469 470 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 467 Mixed 309 SusWrite 471 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 39.4 150% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 68 129% 258 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 404GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 98 99 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 105 SusWrite 99.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 202 201 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 166 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 200 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.8 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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-F GAMING - $477

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,761x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,043x
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	282x

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	330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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