Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.76% 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.
Boot Drive	110% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	21.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 84.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 273 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 852 86% 699 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.76% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.53 10% 10.7 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.9 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.76% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 629 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 97 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2514823578	110% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 402 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 45 167% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 124 144% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 422GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104188128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 348317484432 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3118 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 504627229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11006 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5312874555459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 82544966799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91947811226	90.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 153 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 210GB free Firmware: 3.01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 48 91726344 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11962 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 52 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58179737 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11697 (C2) HDA temperature 35 65 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 48 91726344 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27% Poor	Read 55.5 Write 38.3 Mixed 53.1 37% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 80%

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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