Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '24 at 08:11
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$114 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 654 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.8% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 68% 98.7 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 48.9 74% 97 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac NVMe SSD 1TB 2,454 User benchmarks, average bench 315% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: H230715a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1240 1238 1218 1260 1271 1272 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,192 Write 1,196 Mixed 1,112 SusWrite 1,250 268% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 68 223% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 939 716% 975 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 520%
Zozt G3000 120 120GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 111GB free Firmware: DCS1T3.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 171 80 80 81 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 494 Write 433 Mixed 363 SusWrite 149 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 35.3 142% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 201 177% 262 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 83GB free Firmware: V8X14c18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 364 360 372 373 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 388 Write 348 Mixed 324 SusWrite 349 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 28.9 114% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 178 138% 187 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 101%
Hitachi HTS543225A7A384 250GB 2,305 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 466GB free Firmware: ESBOA70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 8.4 8.1 8.8 8.6 8.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 41%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 108 106 105 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 105 Write 99.5 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 107 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$26 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 466GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 70 72 64 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 78 Write 68.2 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 70.6 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$68 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 454GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 78.3 Write 78.1 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 80.6 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XW21KG-MIE-NX 2x8GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 23 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 22.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 28: 0P 5R 1G 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
28%	35%	17	210	57	144	31.5"	1280 720	MSI5DA6 MSI G32C4W

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,032x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,137x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	947x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,118x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,079x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x

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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	412x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $940

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 $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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