Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	16% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 07:13
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 292 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 861 90% 723 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3554) 2GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 19.3 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 23.5 16% 19.4 fps	MRender 22.6 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 16.6 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 29GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 71 83 86 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 422 Write 233 Mixed 276 SusWrite 104 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 19.2 75% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 14.1 32% 68.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 53%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB2OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 53 56 57 26 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 56.1 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 49.2 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 47%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 846GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 99 95 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 51.3 Mixed 51 SusWrite 98.5 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 320GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 298GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 68 69 67 68 65 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 59.6 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 66.3 76% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 2x8GB 1,789 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 90%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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