Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.16% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z370-A  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171101
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 20 '18 at 19:41
Run Duration92 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 83.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 251
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 717
77% 612 Pts
64-Core 724
45% 724 Pts
Poor: 79%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 101%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
5.16% Terrible
Lighting 7.1
Reflection 9.19
Parallax 7.28
6% 7.86 fps
MRender 10
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.16%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
733GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
64.1% Good
Read 145
Write 79.1
Mixed 126
88% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.47
4K Mixed 0.08
22% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 64.1%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
57.6% Above average
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 17.8
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 14.4
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 74.9
53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z370-A Builds (Compare 11,151 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 100%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $926
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