Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	91.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 08:42
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 814 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 104% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 264 265 266 263 264 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 261 Mixed 258 SusWrite 266 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 34.4 137% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 230 200% 298 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 129%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 115GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 68 68 67 68 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 80.5 Write 73.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 67.7 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 161GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 92 89 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 93.7 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 86 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 5GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 10 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 4.5 Mixed 8 SusWrite 10.6 13% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.5 167% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 94%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,948x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
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 $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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