Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	150% 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	56GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 56GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	44.1 GB free of 56 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '20 at 00:31
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 240 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 780 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.69 7% 9.44 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 17 10% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 156 Parallax 150 126% 154 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 146 Splatting 105 114% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 3,743 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1150 968 1073 1129 1133 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 559 Write 571 Mixed 215 SusWrite 1,100 138% 611 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 27.2 4K Mixed 32.9 74% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 771 DQ Mixed 279 354% 632 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 237%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 81GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 423 355 394 409 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 438 Mixed 316 SusWrite 401 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 40.5 145% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 236 209% 314 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 16GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 440 Mixed 306 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 39.1 140% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 232 202% 299 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRMWRN-HYA XRMWRN-HYA XRMWRN-HYA G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GISB 56GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 95%

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

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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 $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,999x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,126x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	938x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,115x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,075x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	543x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	493x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	316x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $935

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16