Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.2% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 02:52
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 726 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 7.5 5% 7.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 7%

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: 150 113 95 88 96 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 478 Write 378 Mixed 337 SusWrite 106 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 39.7 160% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 207 185% 279 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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: 998 871 872 867 872 874 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,375 Write 1,232 Mixed 1,156 SusWrite 892 261% 1,164 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 92.9 308% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,640 DQ Write 1,435 DQ Mixed 1,499 1,134% 1,525 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 355%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 83GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 193 195 195 184 208 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 309 Write 209 Mixed 237 SusWrite 206 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 33.4 142% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 164 140% 203 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.8% 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 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 79.1 Write 69.2 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 74.9 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 44.2% 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 84 84 84 83 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 80.8 Write 85.6 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 83.7 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.2% 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: 74 76 74 76 73 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 83.2 Write 84.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 74.5 99% 73.9 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% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 72.2% 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	5,935x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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