Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 15:25
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 776 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 1264 78% 1264 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 160 Parallax 165 142% 167 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 142 Splatting 103 113% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 101 111 111 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 242 Write 143 Mixed 191 SusWrite 104 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 41.1 145% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 80.5 75% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 73%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 61GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,414 Write 1,782 Mixed 1,474 349% 1,556 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.4 209% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 895 669% 900 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 196GB free Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 984 1019 1025 1008 1024 1020 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,056 Write 1,091 Mixed 553 SusWrite 1,013 209% 928 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 49.3 171% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 940 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 585 504% 747 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 211%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 243GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 85 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 46.5 Write 50.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 85 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 29.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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