Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.5% 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	368% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 18:01
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 950 95% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,201 74% 1,201 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.01 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.1 91% 108 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2214 2172 1477 1490 1477 1468 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,579 Write 2,379 Mixed 1659 SusWrite 1,716 467% 2,083 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 96.4 325% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,396 DQ Write 1,256 DQ Mixed 1,323 993% 1,325 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 410%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 369 327 328 328 328 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 482 Mixed 338 SusWrite 361 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61 209% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 344 262% 355 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 184GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 62 70 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 37.5 Write 45.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 67.5 30% 42 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 48%
Storejet Transcend 750GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 165GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 40 Write 30.5 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 37.4 26% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX3200C16D4/8GX KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX3200C16D4/8GX 32GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.6 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

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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	5,950x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	927x

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 $90Bench 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