Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 144% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	114% 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	275% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 03:33
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-8600K-$245 144,464 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	1-Core 154 2-Core 310 109% 232 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 817 92% 707 Pts	64-Core 838 56% 838 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$540 554,017 User benchmarks, average bench 103% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 457 Reflection 409 Parallax 429 120% 431 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 430 Splatting 264 114% 314 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$80 128,752 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 425 416 420 412 411 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,462 Write 2,276 Mixed 1,520 SusWrite 439 373% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 80.4 271% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,614 DQ Write 1,340 DQ Mixed 1,443 1,090% 1,466 MB/s
Poor: 201% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 324%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$97 414,632 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 180GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 484 483 484 483 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 476 Mixed 395 SusWrite 483 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.3 207% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$97 414,632 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 375GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 484 481 482 481 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 480 Mixed 380 SusWrite 482 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.1 205% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 21,941 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 192GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 51 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 60.9 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 61%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 111 110 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 108 65% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 10,537 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 27.6 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 102%

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

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Desktop 110%

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Workstation 88%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $135

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 92%, 380,080 samples	14,682x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 144,464 samples	6,141x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 146,401 samples	1,997x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	4,274x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 131%, 401,281 samples	3,829x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	2,836x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 171,000 samples	1,729x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 276%, 128,752 samples	1,616x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 221,879 samples	1,590x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	3,092x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 86%, 103,800 samples	1,383x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 89%, 86,177 samples	1,041x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,188

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24