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 above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	257% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 163 2-Core 326 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 974 101% 813 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HDWM110 1TB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 899GB free Firmware: HEF01A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1276 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240519282722 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 36 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 271 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	13.8% Very poor	Read 103 Write 99.8 Mixed 97.8 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 0.27 11% 6.73 MB/s	DQ Read 1.33 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 0.29 3% 7.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 25%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1144 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 141 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7821174703301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1329 (C2) HDA temperature 57 39 261993922603 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 480 Write 395 Mixed 441 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 25.1 120% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 47.4 70% 123 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 100%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,404 Write 1,360 Mixed 1,738 406% 1,834 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 47.1 212% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 49.9 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 301 239% 314 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 292%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 44GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 172 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 219044511786 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11371487415 (F7) Unknown 100 100 359953818 (F8) Unknown 100 100 921105031	92.8% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 460 Mixed 461 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 27.1 121% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 90.4 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 15 64% 137 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 107%
Samsung HM320II 320GB 2,350 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 199GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 60 Mixed 50 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 6.34 Mixed 7.24 12% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.58 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 1.04 115% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

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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	4,772x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,047x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	480x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,357x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	810x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	265x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

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