Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 82.9%, 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	30.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 22:10
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$208 746,287 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 (17^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 771 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 170 Parallax 154 127% 160 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 158 Splatting 114 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 37GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 111 140 72 113 125 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 258 Write 149 Mixed 202 SusWrite 114 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 34.4 121% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 163 126% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 85%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 121GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 385 391 395 394 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 389 Mixed 264 SusWrite 389 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 34.5 127% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 191 168% 250 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 99%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 14GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 445 Mixed 400 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 34.4 126% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 115%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 68 67 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 123 Write 102 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 64.5 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 221GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 137 138 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 163 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 137 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 609GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 78.9 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 77.4 94% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-16GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-16GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR 48GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 107%

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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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,779x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,051x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,359x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	812x
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 $98Bench 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	406x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	331x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	265x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,268

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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