Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 22:53
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 280 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 808 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.2% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 94.1 Parallax 78.7 65% 84.2 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 80.9 65% 79.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 62 47 48 28 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 395 Write 74.5 Mixed 145 SusWrite 44.2 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 1 35% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 58.8 DQ Write 36.1 DQ Mixed 41.6 32% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 55%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 254GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 93 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 87.1 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FE 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% 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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

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	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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