Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	81.1% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '19 at 22:00
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 below expectations (21^st percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 247 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 790 73% 608 Pts	64-Core 1015 63% 1015 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 8 7% 8.96 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 209 Parallax 233 173% 218 fps	MRender 247 Gravity 215 Splatting 132 155% 198 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 273 252 247 211 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 415 Write 444 Mixed 360 SusWrite 247 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 32.6 109% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 244 212% 315 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 120%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 228GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 431 432 432 434 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 444 Mixed 433 SusWrite 435 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 56.8 184% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 256 211% 301 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 237GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 431 436 435 437 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 450 Mixed 432 SusWrite 437 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 56.4 184% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 256 212% 302 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
WD Ext HDD 1021 3TB 2,189 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 38 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 39.1 49% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 101%

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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