Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 131% UFO


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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.3% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 01:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,005 96% 795 Pts	64-Core 1,233 76% 1,233 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 198 Parallax 180 155% 189 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 465GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,979 Write 1,317 Mixed 1,234 334% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36.7 153% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 209 234% 402 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7577 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 757 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20508735142	90.3% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 402 Mixed 413 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 24.5 146% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 99.1 69% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 67 95811348 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1564436 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 55220394525203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (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 75 75 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1688 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (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 -56148107460351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56842017 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38969331	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 177 Mixed 147 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 552GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 182 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5191 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12530 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 182 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 182 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 2	87.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.34 111% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 28.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 32.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 135%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,935x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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