Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 970 97% 787 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,363 Write 932 Mixed 994 243% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 85.7 290% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1316 DQ Mixed 1,012 802% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-488 240GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 142GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 296 296 297 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 295 Mixed 281 SusWrite 296 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.9 156% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 179 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 96%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 216GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 439 438 440 438 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 397 Mixed 326 SusWrite 438 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.2 164% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 210 177% 256 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 183GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 401 396 384 401 406 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 401 Mixed 362 SusWrite 400 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 39.8 138% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 286 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 802GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 126 Write 117 Mixed 112 SusWrite 105 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,968x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,120x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	933x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,068x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	538x
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: $927

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