Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 993 97% 797 Pts	64-Core 1,279 79% 1,279 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1679 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 71.6 62% 75.7 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 66.4 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 573GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 181 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 36 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 405634957	108% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 406 Mixed 429 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 46.3 163% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 114 130% 225 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2886 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 842 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19574185962	107% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 398 Mixed 408 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 47.5 161% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 109 128% 225 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 131%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 495GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 68 8699 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4368 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3921 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1715 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569282068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 43 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22681	64.5% Good	Read 105 Write 119 Mixed 103 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.54 144% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 846GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 88 62434018 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 204343830 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1042 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 4783144989 (C2) HDA temperature 29 60 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 54 34716261 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 56.4 Mixed 54.4 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,977x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,122x
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	1,070x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	741x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	406x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	846x
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: $935

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16