Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 01:02
Run Duration	407 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 274 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 929 86% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,187 74% 1,187 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 165 71% 113 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 166 Splatting 113 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 465GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,218 Write 1,425 Mixed 1,248 360% 1,630 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 50.4 204% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 29.1 151% 347 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7703 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 763 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20721942355	98% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 405 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27.3 157% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 26.9 58% 112 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 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 80 67 102743713 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1941384 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84593675862674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 68 521076767 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2043 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42653320216907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59828553 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42915160	99.8% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 170 Mixed 145 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 546GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 182 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 774 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12740 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 182 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 182 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 2	87.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 145 Mixed 145 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 4GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 128 Write 4.73 Mixed 7.91 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 44% 3.94 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 31.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 135%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,936x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16