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 as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	264% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 18:42
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 941 90% 743 Pts	64-Core 1,205 75% 1,205 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,832 Write 1,423 Mixed 1,482 420% 1,912 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 31 181% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 27.3 82% 177 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 96GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17393 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2490 (B1) Unknown 93 93 76 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 818 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37136144822	86.7% Excellent	Read 499 Write 336 Mixed 348 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 24 124% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 20.5 69% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 118%
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 41GB free Firmware: 2.1b Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 131537668432116 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3822 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 739 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 51543080993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1728 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1792 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1792 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7104	36.2% Below average	Read 223 Write 65 Mixed 98.3 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 9.72 74% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 24.7 25% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 117 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 938GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111024192 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33796448 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2493 (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 67 57 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 102971 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 60129542177 (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 99879464473341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11509923205 (F2) Unknown 100 253 203515282779	87.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 153 Mixed 150 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR 4x4GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,798x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,056x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	482x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,368x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	814x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	399x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	296x
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	409x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	332x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	266x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,253

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16