Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '21 at 00:07
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 673 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 99 78% 96.2 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 76.7 70% 87.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 297 305 306 301 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 449 Write 232 Mixed 231 SusWrite 296 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 31 104% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 194 181% 282 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 440 442 441 442 443 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 441 Mixed 419 SusWrite 439 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 43.3 142% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,934x
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 $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