Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 02:05
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 732 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 104 Parallax 133 96% 118 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 109 Splatting 89.8 98% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 105 76 75 100 44 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 406 Write 318 Mixed 238 SusWrite 85.9 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 14.3 66% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 32.4 DQ Mixed 41.4 28% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 57%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 73GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 4.1 45 125 48 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 423 Write 331 Mixed 299 SusWrite 92 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 18 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 42 42% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 57%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 500GB 4,692 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.8% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 39 Mixed 39 SusWrite 40.9 9% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 12 40% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 26.1 DQ Mixed 11.8 13% 22.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 25EA 3TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 86GB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 27 27 28 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 24.7 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 29.5 36% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 47%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,510x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	832x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	572x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	400x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	115x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	97x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	145x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	90x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

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