Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.9% 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	261% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 04:20
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$235 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 623 72% 560 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 107 Parallax 96 76% 99 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 92.4 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$121 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 1055 1053 1015 1003 961 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,261 Write 1,996 Mixed 1,518 SusWrite 1023 380% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 62.6 206% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 866 DQ Mixed 1,010 749% 995 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	20	199	21	60	27.5"	1920 1080	SAM0C4D U28E590

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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 $239Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,650x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,671x
Core i7-8700Intel $330Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	681x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	896x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	822x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	590x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	441x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	383x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	330x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	668x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	248x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	240x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $814

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16