Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 21:57
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 757 82% 649 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 78.4 62% 80.8 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 71.3 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 327 328 328 327 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 1,486 Mixed 620 SusWrite 370 252% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 56.3 232% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,048 DQ Write 1,008 DQ Mixed 814 670% 957 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 255GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 74 77 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 75.6 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 583GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 164 156 164 169 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 149 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 163 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 4,565 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 28 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 102%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
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	404x

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	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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