Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 14:47
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 586 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 259 192 251 152 226 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 397 Write 312 Mixed 293 SusWrite 226 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 29.9 102% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 18.2 81% 187 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 47GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 73 57 54 59 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 125 Write 341 Mixed 116 SusWrite 80.3 38% 165 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 29.9 102% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 109 104% 170 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 156 156 162 159 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 73 SusWrite 159 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 114%

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 (6^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	4,760x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,042x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	281x

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	329x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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