Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	15.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210712
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '23 at 05:52
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$139 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 652 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 155 Parallax 110 103% 130 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.1 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 495,311 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2136 Write 1,575 Mixed 1,407 378% 1,706 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 65.9 210% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 937 702% 943 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 346%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 145GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 193 193 196 178 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 163 Mixed 78 SusWrite 190 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G 24GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%

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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%	3	215	59	165	27"	1280 720	MSI3CC2 MSI G274RW

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $195Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,037x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,139x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	949x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,119x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,080x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x

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 $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	413x

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: $933

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 $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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