Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '21 at 15:34
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 807 74% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375D) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 17.9 11% 16.1 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 14.9 12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,661 Write 1,683 Mixed 737 302% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 54.9 211% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 1,077 DQ Mixed 914 727% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 191GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 477 468 479 475 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 460 Mixed 360 SusWrite 474 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.8 167% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 453 Mixed 349 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 53.7 183% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 230 208% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 162 161 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 91.7 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 161 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
Lacie P9233 8TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 112 120 124 124 127 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 100 Write 107 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 246% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 92%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 12 11 12 11 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 116 Write 16 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 10.6 39% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.4 222% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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