Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	226% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 05:22
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 934 90% 744 Pts	64-Core 1148 71% 1148 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 2732) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 3.34 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.48 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,442 Write 1,287 Mixed 1,496 384% 1,742 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 28.1 88% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 213 238% 407 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 254%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 500GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 137 (C2) HDA temperature 116 114 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	107% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 196 Mixed 178 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.51 152% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 835GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 172 (C2) HDA temperature 117 115 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 194 Mixed 183 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.16 4K Mixed 0.5 152% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 22.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 97%

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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	5,950x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	927x

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