Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.4% 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	94.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 74 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 194 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 592 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 1003 62% 1003 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 7.78 5% 7.57 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 12 Splatting 12 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12404 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1261 (B1) Unknown 85 85 315 (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 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 118652857210	94.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 408 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 30.8 144% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 25.2 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3651 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3619 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 79.9 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 173GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 153 152 5350 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3958 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8359 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 31 (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 112557 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 87.6 Mixed 87.4 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 5.37 Mixed 6.33 12% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.51 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 36% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 15.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 91%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,931x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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