Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '21 at 21:17
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 315 99% 185 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1168 107% 898 Pts	64-Core 1,227 76% 1,227 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 104 Parallax 108 91% 108 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 90 86% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,098 Write 1,452 Mixed 851 323% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 60.5 274% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1,196 DQ Mixed 663 631% 982 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 112GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 445 447 450 450 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 454 Mixed 315 SusWrite 422 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48.8 186% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 302 244% 344 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 92GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,673 Write 7,320 Mixed 7,719 1,762% 7,904 MB/s	4K Read 726 4K Write 389 4K Mixed 411 1,833% 509 MB/s	DQ Read 2,132 DQ Write 1,570 DQ Mixed 1,603 1,265% 1,768 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 147 148 144 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 183 Mixed 111 SusWrite 146 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3866C18-4GVK Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3866 F4-3866C18-4GVK Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3866 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 132%

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Gaming 110%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,974x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,122x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	935x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,070x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	741x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	491x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	846x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $933

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16