Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 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	Apr 02 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 996 97% 798 Pts	64-Core 1,246 77% 1,246 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 6798) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2853 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 212 Parallax 193 50% 155 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 200 Splatting 131 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,032 Write 1,329 Mixed 1,212 337% 1,525 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 28.5 115% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 220 242% 411 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7801 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 780 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (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 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21206123155	86.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 402 Mixed 412 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 22.9 134% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 23.5 26% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 67 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2469471 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -38250978737421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (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 68 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2449 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (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 -45058501901956 (F1) Unknown 100 253 150237377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94231096	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 179 Mixed 138 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 548GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 182 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12966 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (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	91.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 150 Mixed 132 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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 as expected (60^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 32.7 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 44.7 89% 44.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 135%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,987x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,125x
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	1,072x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	492x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
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: $931

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16