Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	263% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 04:09
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 692 66% 548 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 118 Parallax 132 105% 126 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 665 656 667 665 666 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,469 Write 1,722 Mixed 1,607 SusWrite 670 360% 1,617 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 75.7 256% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 983 739% 993 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 403GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 465 469 471 458 295 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 507 Write 479 Mixed 460 SusWrite 431 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58 195% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 513GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 87 86 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 94 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 85.8 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 89GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 87.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 105 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 10.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 111%

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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	5,933x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

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	488x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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