Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 15:31
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 258 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 562 69% 528 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 100 83% 103 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 94.5 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,189 Write 6,107 Mixed 6156 1,376% 6,151 MB/s	4K Read 529 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 226 1,182% 309 MB/s	DQ Read 1,389 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 884 727% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 733GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 141 142 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 171 Write 147 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 141 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 55GB free Firmware: CC4G SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 130 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 123 Mixed 79 SusWrite 131 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%

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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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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,511x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	832x
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	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	115x
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 $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