Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 770 74% 611 Pts	64-Core 1,005 62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 187 Parallax 173 140% 177 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 178 173 163 152 143 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 472 Mixed 373 SusWrite 193 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 54.6 182% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 100 94 98 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 299 Write 120 Mixed 162 SusWrite 97.5 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 37.1 135% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 94.2 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 75.7 66% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 124GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 424 418 442 455 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 456 Mixed 431 SusWrite 431 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 51.1 168% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 293 239% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB 5,345 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 49%

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Gaming 110%

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Desktop 91%

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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	5,949x
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