Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% 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 @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 22:19
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 725 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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. 27.20.100.9168 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 7.5 5% 7.77 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 0 4% 5.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 107 136 80 107 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 474 Write 306 Mixed 340 SusWrite 129 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 39.4 158% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 204 185% 281 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89% 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: 1003 870 868 870 872 873 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,420 Write 1,150 Mixed 1,198 SusWrite 892 262% 1,165 MB/s	4K Read 68.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 92.8 308% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,586 DQ Write 1370 DQ Mixed 1443 1,091% 1,466 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: 209 154 168 239 183 207 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 465GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 74 74 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.3 Write 71 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 74.7 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: 43.6% 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 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 85 Write 85.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 83.7 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.4% 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 75 73 76 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 84 Mixed 53 SusWrite 74.5 99% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.8% 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% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.4 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,968x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,117x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	933x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,068x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	538x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	490x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	845x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16