Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.23% 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	98.7% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 906 89% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,149 71% 1,149 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 94%

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. 23.20.16.4982 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.82 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 51 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 64 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 480003212	98.7% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 26.8 131% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 25.2 97% 215 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 122%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 65 122786374 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6205121 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -66271345377229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (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 70 68 521601054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 81604378654 (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 130949257887774 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3405942717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1284944084	88.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 159 Mixed 114 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 199GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2899 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1535 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2882 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 149 Mixed 150 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 95GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3209 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9123 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6856 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21704 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4872 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 18173 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454052894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 44 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7187	62.8% Good	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.43 121% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FD 2x8GB 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 97%

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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