Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.2% 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	233% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 08:58
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 313 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 945 95% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,304 81% 1,304 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2442 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 100% 117 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 108 Splatting 103 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 886GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6901 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2332 (A5) Unknown 100 100 189037544246 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 423 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1001 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 67 287763660825 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2345086616098 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7027 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16818 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14865 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19177 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.4% Good	Read 502 Write 350 Mixed 342 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 11.9 84% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 48.8 DQ Mixed 43.6 32% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 886GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3495 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1105 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23068954 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 715 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 493 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274878758942 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 343600136272 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1782 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5789 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5000 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5691 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 344 Mixed 338 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 20.1 116% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 40.2 95% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,209 345% 1,560 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 30.4 204% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 34.2 49% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3900 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 30.6 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 34.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%

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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	5,934x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

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	488x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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