Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.7% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$186 746,287 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 (96^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 862 87% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,119 69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 0.09 12% 16.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 203 199 205 204 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 104 Mixed 189 SusWrite 205 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 47.2 174% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 239 206% 305 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 698GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 470 487 486 484 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 484 Mixed 370 SusWrite 477 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.5 181% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 280 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 244GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 98.7 Write 97.7 Mixed 59.5 106% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 46%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 98 167% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 100%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 976GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 80 137% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 60%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 176GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 88.7 Write 89 Mixed 64.7 102% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 25.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,933x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $33	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