Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.8% 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	291% 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.

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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 06:35
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$179 746,287 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 (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 315 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,023 101% 826 Pts	64-Core 1,304 81% 1,304 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 112 87% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 96 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 669 671 672 658 663 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,297 Mixed 1468 SusWrite 711 390% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.4 305% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 1098 DQ Mixed 1,146 865% 1,159 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 340%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 193GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 261 259 277 278 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 437 Write 274 Mixed 272 SusWrite 268 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 15.1 96% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 23.7 68% 145 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 142GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 83.7 Write 82 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 72.5 96% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 25.5 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 29.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,008x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,129x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	946x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,115x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,077x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	745x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	543x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	494x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	318x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16