Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	93.5% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 19:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 997 98% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,278 79% 1,278 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 118 96% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1487 509 478 494 457 762 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,457 Write 1564 Mixed 1,168 SusWrite 698 326% 1,472 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 90.1 301% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,278 DQ Write 1,098 DQ Mixed 994 798% 1,123 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 322%
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000H1 256GB 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 133GB free Firmware: MAV01H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 320 319 320 320 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 494 Mixed 423 SusWrite 334 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.5 219% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 122%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 46 46 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 443 Write 44.9 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 45.7 33% 154 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 30.4 111% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 67 61% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 97%
M4-CT128M4SSD2 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 142GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 450 Write 46.2 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 46.3 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 31.4 113% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 66.4 61% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%

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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	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
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 $95Bench 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 $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 $40	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