Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (59%). 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	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 15:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	59%

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 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 203 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 668 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 38.1 37% 41.8 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.1 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.4 82% 102 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 99.4 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 439 Write 417 Mixed 336 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 40.6 140% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 347 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 524GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 183 184 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 145 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 183 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4000 C19 1x8GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1 of 3 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 15.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $219Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,959x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,113x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	932x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $97Bench 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	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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