Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	237% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 632 8-Core 1,083 104% 858 Pts	64-Core 1,338 83% 1,338 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 63 59% 69.2 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 71.8 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,389 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,336 364% 1,653 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 31.4 179% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 235 200% 280 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 44GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3271 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1770 (B1) Unknown 99 99 44 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10674079026	119% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 442 Mixed 463 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 41.8 180% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 135 165% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 124GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 51 (03) Spinup time 120 106 6975 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2507 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57438 (C2) HDA temperature 103 96 44 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 72.4 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 57%
WD My Book 1170 2TB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 1170 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 66.4 112% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x16GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 27.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 111%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,934x
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 $184	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) $35	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