Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.1% 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	The 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 03:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 812 86% 689 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.1 80% 99.4 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 94.7 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 60GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 202 198 196 193 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 272 Mixed 234 SusWrite 205 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 54.2 197% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 240 202% 296 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 226 174 163 151 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 419 Write 246 Mixed 264 SusWrite 186 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 18.7 122% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 33.1 74% 150 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%
WD WD10JUCT-63J6SY0 1TB 3,317 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 645GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 72 69 82 82 80 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 87.5 Write 91 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 73.8 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 62%
Toshiba MK1002TSKB 1TB-$141 962 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 163GB free Firmware: MT2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 99 102 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 84.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 98.4 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 104%

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

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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	5,935x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
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	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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