Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.08% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 156 63% 107 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 569 52% 433 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 2366) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Lighting 9.43 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.94 8% 9.5 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 9.8 Splatting 10.6 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M7VC 256GB 1,046 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 935 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1312 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 175 (F1) Unknown 100 100 212 (F2) Unknown 100 100 210	71.4% Very good	Read 510 Write 198 Mixed 142 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 23 102% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 11.6 56% 130 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 818GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180012416 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 527894 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 571736098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2084 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 47244640290 (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 20109036880159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2368559750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7047760333	81.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 135 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 52 (C2) HDA temperature 112 110 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85% Excellent	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.38 138% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 394GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166403872 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 650697 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1988 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 51539607586 (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 91860760527144 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3160906340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2658893973	74.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax GLLG42F-18---------- 1x8GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 9.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 3.8 12% 4.2 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 47%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,514x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	833x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	573x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	401x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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