Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% 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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 07:43
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 250 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 856 76% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,273 79% 1,273 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 168 Parallax 136 124% 152 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 171 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1972 779 585 586 581 583 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,541 Write 2,302 Mixed 1,619 SusWrite 848 408% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 82.3 270% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,196 DQ Write 1,038 DQ Mixed 1,107 832% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 238 238 238 238 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 473 Mixed 406 SusWrite 262 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55.9 193% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 235 211% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 369 324 324 324 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 435 Mixed 343 SusWrite 356 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.9 200% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 344 263% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 91%

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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	5,959x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,113x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	932x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
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	405x

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