Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 882 91% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,242 77% 1,242 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2172 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 69.5 65% 76.5 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 73.1 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 256GB 15,792 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 276 191 185 162 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 694 Write 420 Mixed 506 SusWrite 201 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 35.3 124% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 502 372% 494 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 214%
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 119GB free Firmware: C091126a SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 125 144 137 138 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 172 Write 96.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 136 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 4.3 29% 9.33 MB/s	DQ Read 9.8 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 9.1 8% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 30%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 529GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 105 108 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 94.2 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 105 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 541GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 172 178 177 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 166 Mixed 112 SusWrite 175 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 101%

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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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,960x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,116x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	932x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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