Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	8.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	375% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 18:08
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 987 94% 778 Pts	64-Core 1,294 80% 1,294 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 8.81 7% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.4 11% 13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2089 2114 2105 2125 2115 1983 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	375% Outstanding	Read 2,755 Write 2,154 Mixed 1,417 SusWrite 2,088 471% 2,104 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 83.3 285% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,244 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 1,065 804% 1,085 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 375% Great: 393%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 205 212 211 212 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 204 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 210 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 265% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 126%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 32GB-$8 268 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 25GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 83 81 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 104 Write 63 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 80.9 95% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.4 90% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 29.2 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 34.2 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,010x
Core i5-8600KIntel $118Bench 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 $278Bench 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	848x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	319x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $917

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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