Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.8% 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	219% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 05:36
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 161 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 647 8-Core 958 100% 802 Pts	64-Core 953 59% 953 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.2 88% 108 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 94.3 76% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 197GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5503 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1259 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1636 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 100 100 28 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4 (EA) Unknown 0 0 42 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11336 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16428	81.4% Excellent	Read 515 Write 427 Mixed 459 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 27.2 96% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 49.4 54% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,759 Write 1,112 Mixed 1,311 378% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 29.2 120% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 41.4 45% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 525GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 234 233 3275 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5781 (C2) HDA temperature 123 82 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 132 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.63 175% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 31.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 35.1 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 105%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,955x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	930x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,064x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
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	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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