Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	156% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 01:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 (10^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 213 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 795 73% 613 Pts	64-Core 979 61% 979 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.2% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 60.1 58% 67.2 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 65 Splatting 67.4 54% 65.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 190 176 208 214 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,384 Write 1,016 Mixed 430 SusWrite 247 170% 769 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 40.3 145% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,001 DQ Write 844 DQ Mixed 609 542% 818 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 290GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 424 402 352 339 348 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 362 Mixed 383 SusWrite 380 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 45.7 160% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 343 259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 168 172 174 171 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 185 Mixed 85 SusWrite 174 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 103%

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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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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,057x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	723x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	424x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	273x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	185x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	176x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	125x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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