Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 20:29
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 847 89% 712 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 65 Parallax 92.7 63% 78.5 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 82 60% 71.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 215 Write 283 Mixed 156 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 17.5 82% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 92.1 91% 152 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 939GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 141 142 144 142 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 166 Write 139 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 141 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 96GB free Firmware: SD28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 69 70 72 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 66 Write 72.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 70.7 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 830GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 140 138 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 142 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 140 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 29.1 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 111%

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Gaming 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 $274	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