Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.32% 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	366% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 09:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 862 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.1% 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)	8.32% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.69 7% 9.91 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.32% 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% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1913 1975 1959 1988 1995 2023 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	366% Outstanding	Read 2,790 Write 2,126 Mixed 1,331 SusWrite 1,975 460% 2,056 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 83.5 289% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1140 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 958 727% 984 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 366% Great: 393%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 208 208 205 211 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 200 Mixed 105 SusWrite 208 131% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.9 247% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 118% 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: 76 84 83 84 78 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 105 Write 62.7 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 81.5 91% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.5% 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 27.7 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 32.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,009x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 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 $132Bench 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	318x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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