Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.9% 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '21 at 20:01
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$249 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,212 109% 920 Pts	64-Core 1,224 76% 1,224 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 100% 116 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.5 91% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,096 Write 1,456 Mixed 638 307% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 65.2 254% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,254 DQ Write 1,186 DQ Mixed 832 731% 1,091 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: 304 439 451 452 453 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 454 Mixed 308 SusWrite 425 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49 184% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 299 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 92GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,543 Write 9,367 Mixed 9549 2,122% 9,486 MB/s	4K Read 704 4K Write 316 4K Mixed 429 1,783% 483 MB/s	DQ Read 1,856 DQ Write 1,345 DQ Mixed 1514 1,155% 1,572 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: 142 146 146 130 147 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 174 Mixed 118 SusWrite 143 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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% 4000, 4000, 4000, 4000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 49.3 MC Write 52.2 MC Mixed 39.1 134% 46.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 50.3 SC Mixed 34.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 128% 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 $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,993x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,126x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	937x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,114x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,074x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	540x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	493x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
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: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16