Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	640 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 11:11
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 989 99% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,279 79% 1,279 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1328 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 114 67% 91 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 52.9 Splatting 57.7 49% 59.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,266 Write 1,128 Mixed 1,134 331% 1,509 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.1 195% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 27.3 77% 163 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8614 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1418 (0A) Spinup retry count 107 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 455 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240519544877 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1283 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 637 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	90% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 150 Mixed 144 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.33 226% 2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 349GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 242934328 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 634269 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (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 66 56 655949858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3114 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 85899345954 (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 128449586921681 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7516607856 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15114945158	59.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 98.1 Mixed 101 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 113%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 1,006 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 12GB free, PID 0109 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 13 Mixed 13 18% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.25 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 1.49 123% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 13.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 50%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
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	1,060x
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 $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 $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 $40	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