Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	86.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 653 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.3 90% 108 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 305 348 144 143 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 466 Write 275 Mixed 323 SusWrite 236 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.4 140% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 306 216% 272 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 95%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 36GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 144 74 66 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 442 Write 234 Mixed 223 SusWrite 115 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 19.4 74% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 42.5 48% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 949GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 180 181 171 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 146 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 178 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.1 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 91%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,933x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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