Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 02:49
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 304 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 605 8-Core 1056 100% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,317 82% 1,317 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2990 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 211 Parallax 190 154% 197 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 189 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 309 312 309 300 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 457 Mixed 396 SusWrite 319 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 57.8 212% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 355GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 472 268 249 249 249 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 286 Mixed 369 SusWrite 325 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.6 155% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 329 250% 336 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,971x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,121x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	934x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,069x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	741x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	490x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	845x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16