Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 710 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 969 60% 969 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 97% 115 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 98.4 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 198 198 201 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 363 Write 201 Mixed 224 SusWrite 199 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 25.8 94% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 84 DQ Write 54.6 DQ Mixed 61.2 48% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1GB free Firmware: CC24 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 86.2 Write 53.5 Mixed 66.8 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 111 113 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 98.7 Mixed 78 SusWrite 113 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 12.8 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 13.1 18% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.2 158% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 29.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%

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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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