Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 04:50
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 753 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.96% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.19 6% 8.35 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42973659447 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 190 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 59 253404839974 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 377959874648 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 799 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2263 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1845 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2784 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 496 Write 221 Mixed 207 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 20.9 86% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 42.5 63% 120 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 8 (03) Spinup time 170 167 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2368 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10073 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	59.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 90.8 Mixed 87.1 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 65%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 665GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1726 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3137 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.5% Good	Read 113 Write 105 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3143 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 34 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 29.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,968x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,117x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	933x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,068x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	538x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	490x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	845x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $928

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16