Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	295% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 14:03
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 887 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB; gv-n1070g1gaming-8gd CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.6 91% 110 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,863 Write 1,801 Mixed 1,866 481% 2,177 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 56.6 194% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 103 111% 188 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 353%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 432GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 435 Write 435 Mixed 438 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 29.2 100% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 93.5 88% 137 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 385GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,488 Write 1,280 Mixed 1,328 304% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 50.5 182% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 105 114% 194 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 283%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 46GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	54% Above average	Read 269 Write 59.5 Mixed 135 163% 154 MB/s	4K Read 2.73 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.19 32% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x4GB-$108 153 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 118%

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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	5,946x
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	1,060x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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