Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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.
Boot Drive	240% 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 19:47
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 242 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 785 73% 610 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 171 Parallax 159 127% 162 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 155 Splatting 111 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 6.84 6% 7.61 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 134 130 131 137 302 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 366 Write 142 Mixed 168 SusWrite 189 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 25.4 100% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 96 86% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1165 1143 1106 1142 1192 1151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,364 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 1150 268% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 66.8 228% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 925 DQ Mixed 978 737% 988 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 393%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 194GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 80 81 79 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 46.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 78.3 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 5 5.3 5.1 6.1 5.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 21 Write 8.7 Mixed 6 SusWrite 4.9 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.4 155% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,766x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,045x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	478x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,356x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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