Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.6% 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	251% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 08:16
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 163 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 976 100% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,301 80% 1,301 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 122 Parallax 106 100% 117 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 886GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6901 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2331 (A5) Unknown 100 100 189037544246 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 423 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1000 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 67 287763660825 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2345086616098 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7027 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16818 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14865 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19177 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.2% Good	Read 500 Write 351 Mixed 340 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 12.5 86% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 61.9 DQ Mixed 43.4 34% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 886GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1104 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22872345 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 715 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 492 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 64 274878758943 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 343600136272 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1782 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5759 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4971 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5672 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.1% Very good	Read 503 Write 345 Mixed 341 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 13.6 96% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 40.4 35% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,039 Write 1,392 Mixed 1,182 340% 1,538 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 31 207% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 617 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 30.8 165% 378 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 30.1 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 35.6 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%

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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	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

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 $95Bench 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