Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 14:52
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 810 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 90% 113 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.2 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0.D SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 97 92 95 83 73 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.4% Average	Read 260 Write 136 Mixed 191 SusWrite 88.1 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 25.5 91% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 99.9 75% 100 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 80%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 411GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 92 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	57% Above average	Read 106 Write 90 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 92 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 79%
Toshiba MK3255GSX 320GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 77GB free Firmware: FG010A SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 32 32 33 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 31.2 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 32 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 34%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 185 182 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 182 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 25.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 103%

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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	5,946x
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 $79Bench 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 $178	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