Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	18.2 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 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '23 at 06:35
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 as expected (48^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 239 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 612 69% 542 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% 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: 2310 MHz, MLim: 4307 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 166 Parallax 120 114% 142 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 111 Splatting 97 97% 123 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 2,119 Write 1,913 Mixed 1,456 407% 1,829 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 61.6 198% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 736 DQ Mixed 913 678% 904 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: 180 178 182 187 186 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 154 Mixed 82 SusWrite 182 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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 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	67	59	165	27"	1280 720	MSI3CC2 MSI G274RW

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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