Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 972 96% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,243 77% 1,243 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 96% 115 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 97 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 402GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 540 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5517 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184684642331 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1364065245 (F7) Unknown 100 100 42667986 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12573104	75.7% Very good	Read 502 Write 391 Mixed 376 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 15.1 99% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 13.5 26% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 105%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38994388 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 524 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 71 304944054310 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1241247383841 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1324 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4511 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3629 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16834 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 484 Write 285 Mixed 244 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 9.1 59% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 8.8 36% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39646759 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11131156 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1089 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 365 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29552 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 42 39646759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102327595819989 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4238697689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27099444513	106% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 148 Mixed 164 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 762GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 162 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3523 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2824 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 179682 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.3% Average	Read 86.9 Write 78.1 Mixed 58.4 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.11 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 435GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46424544 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18400799 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1127 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30597 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112781546216781 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8441952180 (F2) Unknown 100 253 240910784823	96.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 172 Mixed 117 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.75 199% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	8.73% Terrible	Read 26.7 Write 17.8 Mixed 9.6 21% 18 MB/s	4K Read 3.75 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.34 27% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.73% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33.1 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 34.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,986x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,124x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	935x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,071x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	491x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $931

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16