Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.6% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	22.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 20:48
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 848 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,189 74% 1,189 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 82.8 80% 90.2 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 78.1 72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 155 161 162 143 112 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.2% Below average	Read 192 Write 128 Mixed 141 SusWrite 154 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 20.3 68% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 20.6 DQ Mixed 32.9 22% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 102%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 66GB free Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 266 261 262 145 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 842GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 63 38 30 45 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 46 Write 29.2 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 51.6 27% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 75%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 72 76 72 70 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 216 Write 56.5 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 68.6 105% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 62% 5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 34%

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 (78^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%

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

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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 $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 $15	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