Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	321% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 18:33
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 898 93% 750 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB; DUAL-GTX1060-O6G CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 75.2 62% 76.5 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 72.4 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2177 619 619 616 621 619 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,360 Write 2,050 Mixed 1,368 SusWrite 878 371% 1,664 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.8 312% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,873 DQ Write 1,572 DQ Mixed 1,646 1,254% 1,697 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 451 450 450 451 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 491 Mixed 430 SusWrite 425 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.2 222% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 129%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 83.7 Write 90 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 81.9 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 74 75 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 76.8 Write 83.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 74.2 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2987 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 27.6 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%

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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	5,944x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,110x
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	1,059x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	738x

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 $179	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