Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.3% 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	222% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 07:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,025 100% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,250 77% 1,250 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4982 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.72 7% 9.92 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 527 557 540 541 535 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,904 Write 1223 Mixed 615 SusWrite 562 238% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 82.3 244% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,123 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 192 292% 573 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 293%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 798GB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 120 120 122 124 124 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 150GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 68 67 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 86.1 Write 7 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 66.3 54% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,928x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,054x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	736x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $952

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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