Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.13% 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	207% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 13:18
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 534 62% 482 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 100%

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 Ver. 24.20.100.6136 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.78 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 16.9 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 273 274 271 270 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 1152 Mixed 854 SusWrite 309 237% 1,075 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 74.5 237% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 805 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 126 272% 557 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 244%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 92 Write 96 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 91.1 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 134 136 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 136 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 135 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 75 76 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 79.2 Write 94.9 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 77.3 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,951x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	927x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,062x
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 $90Bench 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 $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