Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.5% 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 (100%). 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	18.5 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 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '23 at 06:12
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$167 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 167 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 506 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 131 Parallax 109 107% 124 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 87.9 82% 103 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,346 Write 2,134 Mixed 1,653 455% 2,044 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 47.8 148% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 880 DQ Write 613 DQ Mixed 739 554% 744 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 145GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 188 183 182 182 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 104 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 184 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.2% 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 way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 33: 0P 5R 1G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
33%	39%	28	215	58	165	27"	1280 720	MSI3CC2 MSI G274RW

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Gaming 110%

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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	6,010x
Core i5-8600KIntel $118Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,129x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	946x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,115x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,077x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	745x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	543x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	494x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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