Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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	89.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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.

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	11.1 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	Jan 27 '22 at 21:44
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 96.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 629 8-Core 1,250 111% 939 Pts	64-Core 1,252 78% 1,252 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 105 Parallax 109 92% 109 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 100 Splatting 90.9 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 258 259 256 256 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,117 Write 1,482 Mixed 670 SusWrite 310 252% 1,145 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 65.7 278% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,176 DQ Write 1,248 DQ Mixed 645 642% 1,023 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 112GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 448 450 450 451 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 452 Mixed 320 SusWrite 427 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48.5 186% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 303 244% 345 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 205GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,768 Write 10,196 Mixed 9,849 2,224% 9,937 MB/s	4K Read 757 4K Write 372 4K Mixed 437 1,904% 522 MB/s	DQ Read 2,234 DQ Write 1,693 DQ Mixed 1,744 1,364% 1,891 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 185 186 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 173 Mixed 120 SusWrite 185 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 50.1 MC Write 53.1 MC Mixed 39.6 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 50.6 SC Mixed 34.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 130% 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