Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.86% 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	242% 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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 13:43
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 1,093 106% 872 Pts	64-Core 1,358 84% 1,358 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8375) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.86% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.72 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 11.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.86% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,373 Write 1,265 Mixed 1,263 359% 1,633 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 30.3 188% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 96.9 141% 265 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 76GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21417 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 368 (B1) Unknown 96 96 134 (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 75 51 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12474548538	99% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 445 Mixed 508 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.3 148% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 27.6 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 116%
Spcc M.2 SSD 120GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 62GB free Firmware: Q0627A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3278 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3605 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6359 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3991 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5850	95.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 460 Mixed 490 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 9.36 130% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 9.98 75% 169 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 88%
MONSTER OD ADVANCE 124GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 63GB free, PID 5650, Monster OD Advanced 128GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 135 Write 21.5 Mixed 25.5 55% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.24 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.01 54% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.4% 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 @ 2773 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 138%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

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