Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	342% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 02:51
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 764 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 110% 129 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 900GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1772 2152 2112 2046 2163 2182 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	342% Outstanding	Read 2,199 Write 2,260 Mixed 1,339 SusWrite 2,071 443% 1,967 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 78.1 265% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,213 DQ Write 814 DQ Mixed 1092 794% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 342% Great: 425%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 106GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 263 220 221 262 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 248 Mixed 276 SusWrite 242 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.1 121% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 51.1 82% 156 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 430GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 460 440 454 457 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 419 Mixed 320 SusWrite 456 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.8 149% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 160 145% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 8GB-$15 251 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 17 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 16.8 28% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 23%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.7 3 3.6 3.6 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.04% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 7 Mixed 11.3 SusWrite 3.2 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.1 133% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.04% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 112%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,932x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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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Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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