Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.5% 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	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 02:05
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 815 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 118% 146 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 109 64% 74.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 388GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 655366 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 290 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 210455232554 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 71 (EA) Unknown 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 253 253 82 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73% Very good	Read 504 Write 306 Mixed 301 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 21 86% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 10.4 54% 123 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14059 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 272 (B1) Unknown 93 93 135 (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 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 218 (F1) Unknown 99 99 89653439945	97.4% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 40.1 150% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 23.5 47% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 134%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 164 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2370 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 42952949796 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 276346 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31703 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22647 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7332	79% Very good	Read 505 Write 335 Mixed 329 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 18 98% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 18.3 68% 150 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34387919231 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3427 (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 99 99 12738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (C0) Power-off retract count 75 75 31064 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 31064 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 206160003113 (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 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 169 Mixed 161 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 247GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2433 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 599 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2647 (C2) HDA temperature 102 95 41 (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	86.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 130 Mixed 97.1 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Portable 1TB 1,255 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 105GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 41.8 Mixed 38.4 52% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x8GB 2,503 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 105%

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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
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 $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 $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