Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	80.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (59%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 03:47
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 243 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 712 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 34.1 28% 38.2 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 37.3 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 384 386 365 370 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 380 Write 339 Mixed 255 SusWrite 372 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 26.3 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 280 229% 326 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 117%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 891GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 397 394 368 369 433 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 347 Write 336 Mixed 302 SusWrite 384 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 26.5 92% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 253 216% 318 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.8 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 106%

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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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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,960x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,115x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	932x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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