Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.2% 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	58.2% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 948 93% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,273 79% 1,273 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% 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: 398.82 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.8 87% 104 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 85.9 73% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 173 163 170 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 384 Write 128 Mixed 231 SusWrite 179 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 25.9 93% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 84.4 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 60.9 49% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 182 177 181 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 146 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 178 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 52GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 105 105 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 190 Write 154 Mixed 85 SusWrite 104 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 112%

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 (90^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27.7 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 31.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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	5,954x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	930x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,064x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
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	842x
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 $269	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