Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 1063 103% 844 Pts	64-Core 1,305 81% 1,305 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 215 Parallax 194 163% 203 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 200 Splatting 134 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 147 146 143 140 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 494 Mixed 411 SusWrite 178 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.5 225% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 316 238% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 142GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 417 289 227 236 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 439 Mixed 365 SusWrite 305 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.4 161% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 286 223% 305 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 98%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 954GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1167 1191 1233 1234 1246 1240 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 1,406 Write 1,286 Mixed 1,105 SusWrite 1,218 282% 1,254 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 96.4 315% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,361 DQ Write 931 DQ Mixed 1,133 849% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 176 184 182 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 154 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 181 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
pny USB 2.0 FD 16GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID 005d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0.1 0.1 8.8 9.4 8.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 22 Write 3.7 SusWrite 4.4 9% 10 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.3 70% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 26.9 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 31.6 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,944x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,110x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,059x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	738x

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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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