Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	93.3% 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	249% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 164 2-Core 330 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 661 8-Core 988 103% 824 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 127 Parallax 107 95% 117 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 107 Splatting 112 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 320 323 321 319 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,161 Write 1,480 Mixed 701 SusWrite 362 259% 1176 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 221 4K Mixed 66.5 293% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 1,289 DQ Mixed 714 669% 1,028 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 292GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 428 431 433 433 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 427 Mixed 317 SusWrite 430 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 45.9 170% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 200 174% 257 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%
WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 533GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 136 137 137 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 136 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3498 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 46 MC Mixed 32.1 118% 41.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 35.3 103% 36 GB/s	Latency 42.7 94% 42.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 105%

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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	5,935x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

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 $182	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) $30	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