Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	121% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 03:41
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 546 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1751 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 91 83% 99.1 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 77.8 68% 83.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVKV512HAJH-000L1 512GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6L0QBXX7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 531 524 525 526 513 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 989 Write 934 Mixed 534 SusWrite 534 167% 748 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 38.7 146% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 60.1 57% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 260%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 139GB free Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 934 966 1058 1068 1059 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 975 Write 908 Mixed 397 SusWrite 963 182% 811 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 47.6 156% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 69.1 62% 90 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 306%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 196 198 197 197 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 189 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 197 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 121 126 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 102 Write 116 Mixed 67 SusWrite 123 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 56 28 11 3 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 138 Write 26.5 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 27.6 52% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 156% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	5,933x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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