Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	265% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	39.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 17:23
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$380 318,672 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 139 2-Core 283 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 1,047 101% 808 Pts	64-Core 1,481 99% 1,481 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$770 160,541 User benchmarks, average bench 138% EVGA(3842 3081) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 145 Parallax 147 118% 146 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 114% 138 fps
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 178,345 User benchmarks, average bench 329% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 1068 1225 1193 1149 1097 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,481 Write 1,290 Mixed 1,257 SusWrite 1083 287% 1,278 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 84.8 282% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,270 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 1,164 870% 1,161 MB/s
Poor: 244% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 374%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 6,022 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free Firmware: 070H Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 486 Write 107 Mixed 162 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 15.8 100% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 29.4 41% 78 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 65%
Crucial M500 240GB-$70 24,753 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 38GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 193 187 186 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 435 Write 268 Mixed 305 SusWrite 190 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 35.5 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 179 164% 252 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 84,076 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 149 147 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 91 Write 53.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 146 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-16GTZR F4-3200C16-16GTZR 48GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 101%

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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 101%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 532,704 samples	5,717x
Core i5-8600KIntel $218Bench 92%, 178,623 samples	2,292x
Core i7-8700Intel $320Bench 90%, 238,707 samples	789x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	1,478x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples	1,370x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	958x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	625x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 273%, 307,134 samples	582x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 113%, 381,099 samples	473x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	1,087x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 86%, 177,643 samples	417x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples	335x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16