Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 547 73% 546 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.09 6% 9.35 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.7 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,093 Write 1481 Mixed 672 311% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 54.4 230% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 1,263 DQ Mixed 722 666% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Jmicron Generic 512GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 325GB free Firmware: 1507 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 313 312 312 307 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 363 Write 310 Mixed 254 SusWrite 308 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 13.1 67% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 70.7 76% 125 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 572GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 151 146 153 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 116 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 148 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 184 182 189 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 144 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 187 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 96%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 93 91 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 96.7 Mixed 83 SusWrite 92.3 150% 129 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 8.3 697% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 10.8 843% 12 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 93%
hp v100w 4GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 3207 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 2.1 0 1.8 4.8 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	2.71% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3 5% 3.97 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.71% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 30.8 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 120%

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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 $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