Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	112% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '23 at 23:37
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th 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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 691 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 881D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 101% 116 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 79.9 82% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB-$637 122 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 308 319 333 343 337 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 884 Write 1,045 Mixed 545 SusWrite 336 158% 703 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 30.8 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 519 390% 529 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 233%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 200 201 198 197 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 58 Write 157 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 200 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 2x8GB 11,591 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 101%

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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%	0	70	57	60	24"	1920 1017	ACI24A5 VG248

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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 $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,019x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,131x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	947x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,116x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,078x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	747x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	543x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	495x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	409x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	848x
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: $917

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16