Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.9% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 23:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 829 90% 716 Pts	64-Core 863 53% 863 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 133 Parallax 114 100% 123 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 120 Splatting 104 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 260 260 263 263 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 469 Mixed 456 SusWrite 266 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 67.7 223% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 218 192% 286 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 117%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 105GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 466 468 473 475 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 472 Mixed 455 SusWrite 469 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.9 213% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 132 162% 286 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 914GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 190 190 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 183 Mixed 111 SusWrite 189 131% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 232GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 117 115 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 115 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 29.4 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 31.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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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 $279	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