Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 18:43
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (91^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 280 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 920 86% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,135 70% 1,135 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 90.8 57% 74.2 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 79.9 56% 67.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 318 310 321 316 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,201 Write 1,063 Mixed 886 SusWrite 368 197% 880 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 85.5 291% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 1115 DQ Mixed 1,011 771% 1,034 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 161GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 299 293 299 291 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 466 Mixed 398 SusWrite 315 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.1 226% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 159 165 160 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 151 Mixed 90 SusWrite 162 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 841GB free Firmware: GU001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 0.4 0.7 4.5 0.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30.2 Write 1 SusWrite 3.2 8% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 49%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 120GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 112GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 40 39 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 36.7 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 39.3 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 156%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.5 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 31.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%

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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	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
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	1,060x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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