Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.7% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 06:17
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 718 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3561 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 107 Parallax 88.2 88% 101 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 121 Splatting 97.5 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 357 232 81 68 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 400 Mixed 354 SusWrite 198 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 50.5 166% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 346 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 56GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 272 276 274 274 276 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 358 Write 277 Mixed 250 SusWrite 274 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 30.7 127% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 266 209% 290 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 95%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 556GB free Firmware: PA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 92 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 89 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 90.6 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 714GB free Firmware: PA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 90 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 59 SusWrite 90.4 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 96%

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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	5,931x
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) $34	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