Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210712
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '22 at 15:14
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 628 74% 570 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 128 Parallax 118 98% 122 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,398 Write 1464 Mixed 1,241 375% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 81.3 278% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,117 DQ Mixed 1,009 771% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 482GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 423 427 425 425 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 457 Mixed 413 SusWrite 427 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 52.4 183% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 263 222% 325 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
PNY CS3030 1TB SSD 12,276 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 154GB free Firmware: CS303225 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1353 1018 882 777 647 486 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,024 Write 1,002 Mixed 1,160 SusWrite 860 228% 1,012 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 78.7 264% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 1413 DQ Mixed 1,523 1,057% 1,296 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 286%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 827GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 182 184 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 172 Mixed 96 SusWrite 183 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 485GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 73 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 71.8 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 73.6 88% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C18 2x8GB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 24.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 96%

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

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,935x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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