Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 18:52
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 864 85% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7212 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.91 7% 9.7 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 17 11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,124 Write 7,127 Mixed 7,390 1,683% 7,547 MB/s	4K Read 546 4K Write 298 4K Mixed 332 1,410% 392 MB/s	DQ Read 1,248 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 979 767% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 261GB free Firmware: GL002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 81 80 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 93.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 78.6 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3733 C17 Series 2x8GB 1,545 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 112%

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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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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
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 $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 $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