Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, 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	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	24.1 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 14:49
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 611 71% 554 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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 (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 144 Parallax 142 113% 142 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 123 Splatting 112 110% 138 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% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 300 296 286 276 281 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 453 Write 303 Mixed 284 SusWrite 289 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 25.7 96% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 222 174% 246 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 150GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 404 401 419 422 421 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 395 Mixed 363 SusWrite 410 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 36.2 121% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 220 170% 240 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 133%
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 139GB free Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1010 1054 1055 1085 917 828 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,258 Write 1,052 Mixed 1,024 SusWrite 991 243% 1,081 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 37.1 126% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 191 226% 419 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 349%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 671GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 119 113 118 122 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 114 Write 81.7 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 116 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 122GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 53 53 53 54 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 60.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 53 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 120%

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

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,987x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,125x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	935x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,072x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	492x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $931

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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