Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	98.4% 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	94.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210712
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 10:03
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$307 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,093 99% 833 Pts	64-Core 1518 94% 1518 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2357 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 145 Parallax 132 99% 133 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 360 379 269 289 209 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 418 Mixed 263 SusWrite 319 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 39.1 131% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 263 219% 317 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 119%
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 88GB free Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 81 79 77 82 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 456 Write 258 Mixed 125 SusWrite 72.1 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 11.9 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 36.3 40% 70 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 55%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 126GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,655 Write 2,456 Mixed 1,930 522% 2,347 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 94.7 317% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,134 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 978 724% 963 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 356GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 201 200 183 195 199 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 109 Write 144 Mixed 68 SusWrite 194 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.5% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 21.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 97%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,932x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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