Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 05:08
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 157 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 935 91% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,193 74% 1,193 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 66.7 63% 73.5 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 71 Splatting 70.7 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 256GB 15,792 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 295 329 226 186 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 764 Write 630 Mixed 711 SusWrite 289 134% 598 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 44.1 148% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 290 253% 386 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 214%
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 119GB free Firmware: C091126a SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 117 138 145 157 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 182 Write 104 Mixed 72 SusWrite 141 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 4 24% 8.33 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 7.4 7% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 30%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 529GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 98 103 106 109 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 105 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 160 165 168 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 102 SusWrite 167 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 110%

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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	5,948x
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

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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