Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '20 at 20:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$130 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 670 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$84 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372C) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 26.2 Parallax 32.3 31% 32.3 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 34 Splatting 33 28% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 898GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 373 410 393 396 379 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 397 Mixed 362 SusWrite 385 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 48 164% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 299 238% 333 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 250GB free Firmware: SD45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 73.9 Write 73.7 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 75.1 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP CT8G4DFD824A.K16FE 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

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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 $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,993x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,126x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	937x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,114x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,074x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	540x
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	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $39	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