Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	193% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 16:08
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 125 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 771 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,102 68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 395 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 871D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 122 Parallax 125 104% 125 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 115 Splatting 104 105% 132 fps
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 535 528 531 497 528 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,860 Write 1587 Mixed 615 SusWrite 558 256% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 55.8 176% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,162 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 273 294% 522 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 402GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 883 728 628 635 621 639 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,174 Write 887 Mixed 498 SusWrite 689 181% 812 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 52.2 177% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 227 256% 462 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 258GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 452 443 446 447 452 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 452 Mixed 372 SusWrite 448 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 45.3 149% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 160 136% 206 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 189 181 190 187 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 167 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 187 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 205% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 847GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 133 133 126 132 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 62 SusWrite 131 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.8 192% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 111%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 162 165 162 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 163 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 96%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 130 130 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 18 SusWrite 129 70% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[A/B]280HHHH16G 2x16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 25.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

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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	5,933x
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