Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	252% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:15
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 996 100% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,260 78% 1,260 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Lighting 8.77 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.91 7% 10 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,300 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,228 340% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 50.4 221% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 226 267% 468 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 123 Write 22.7 Mixed 31.2 56% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.99 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.86 104% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 4000 C19 2x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 138%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	5,944x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,110x
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	1,059x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	738x

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 $179	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