Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.1% 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	255% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 23:40
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 892 85% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,195 74% 1,195 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 128 93% 123 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 125 Splatting 110 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1044 1072 1100 1133 1079 1091 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,167 Write 1,015 Mixed 989 SusWrite 1,086 240% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 77.4 274% 98.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,387 DQ Write 1,223 DQ Mixed 1,281 967% 1,297 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 410%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$223 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 123GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 114 113 113 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 368GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 84 84 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 84 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 98%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$223 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 954GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 147 147 147 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 233 239 238 239 238 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 95%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,988x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,125x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	936x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,114x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,073x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	492x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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