Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 20:24
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 285 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 681 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 101%

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: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 87% 107 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 865GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 1221 1260 1271 1248 1260 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,400 Write 1,224 Mixed 1,166 SusWrite 1,248 284% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 77.7 260% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 1597 DQ Write 1,373 DQ Mixed 1,615 1,175% 1,528 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 410%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 314 325 324 324 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 316 Mixed 307 SusWrite 320 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.8 155% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 182 170% 263 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 747GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 59 66 90 114 99 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 86 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 444GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 127 129 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 145 Write 113 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 128 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NMUD480E81-3200 2x8GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79% Very good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 111%

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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