Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99% 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	172% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 16:43
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 825 92% 726 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 141 Parallax 119 103% 129 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 127 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2030 240GB SSD 590 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS203020 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 2,167 Write 386 Mixed 637 229% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.6 153% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 103 141% 258 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 197%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 125GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5875016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 135025181852704 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 52 1013615689759 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 1013615689759 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5875016 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5875016 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5875016 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962489 (EA) Unknown 0 0 98 (F1) Unknown 0 0 98 (F2) Unknown 0 0 140	72.6% Very good	Read 513 Write 193 Mixed 233 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 18.5 115% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 45.5 65% 118 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 320 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12979644472 (09) Power-on hours count 69 11 27267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1739 (B7) Unknown 1 1 397 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475168742 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 849 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5319 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 3 320 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 4640 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90537910616221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1257792543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4097976037	68.6% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 116 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.51 96% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 448GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6310 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3097 (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 97 97 15462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1520 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 88 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 52 420741145 (C2) HDA temperature 71 49 487850013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 268729 (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 100 100 209 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 77.5 Mixed 94.2 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

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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	1,511x
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