Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	93.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 23:46
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 748 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 137 Parallax 126 103% 130 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 190 193 193 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 382 Mixed 352 SusWrite 204 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 39.7 159% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 207 183% 272 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 110GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 999 868 873 871 871 803 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1390 Write 1,258 Mixed 1,200 SusWrite 881 266% 1,182 MB/s	4K Read 69.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 93.2 311% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,632 DQ Write 1,439 DQ Mixed 1,498 1,134% 1,523 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 355%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 83GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 206 204 179 219 176 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 313 Write 243 Mixed 238 SusWrite 204 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 33.2 143% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 163 141% 204 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 465GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 75 76 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 72 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 75 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 407GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 85 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 81.8 Write 82.7 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 84 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 225GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 73 76 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 83.5 Write 83.7 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 74.4 99% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GIS F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GIS F4-3000C16-8GTZR 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2870, 2870, 2870, 2870 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.7 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 109%

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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
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 $90Bench 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 $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 $45	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