Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 185% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 168% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	216% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 23:30
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 774 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	216% Outstanding	Lighting 321 Reflection 304 Parallax 338 261% 321 fps	MRender 359 Gravity 261 Splatting 190 212% 270 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 665 665 652 533 448 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,349 Write 2,194 Mixed 1,447 SusWrite 625 369% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 68.7 222% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 800 605% 813 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 340%
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$126 5,166 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 235GB free Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 921 886 922 892 884 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,383 Write 1,894 Mixed 192 SusWrite 944 299% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 68.3 218% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 512 449% 677 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 380%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 521GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 160 160 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 83.4 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 161 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 102%

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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	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
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 $295	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