Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171018
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '23 at 14:04
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 81.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 574 68% 523 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3172) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 145 Parallax 140 114% 142 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 122 Splatting 111 108% 136 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 294 297 295 290 236 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 431 Write 311 Mixed 293 SusWrite 285 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 33 122% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 241 206% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 149GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 431 436 444 452 450 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 430 Mixed 397 SusWrite 438 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 49.7 165% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 139GB free Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1175 1223 1245 1036 584 618 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1241 Write 1,216 Mixed 1,158 SusWrite 980 259% 1,149 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 54.6 178% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,168 DQ Write 925 DQ Mixed 1,026 774% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 349%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 653GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 111 100 111 112 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 110 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 122GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 61 60 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 58.4 Mixed 44 SusWrite 60.1 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$129 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 120%

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

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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 $191Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,034x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,137x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	949x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,118x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,079x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	544x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	498x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	412x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	849x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	319x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $930

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16