Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.76% 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	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 09:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 478 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.88 5% 8.37 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.4 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 422 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4310892747 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 121 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 39 167504773154 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 171800657960 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 889 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1237 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1123 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2269 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.8% Above average	Read 449 Write 207 Mixed 231 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 12.6 93% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 11.3 21% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 290GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 100 169 (03) Spinup time 111 100 25791889746 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4813 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7512 (C2) HDA temperature 162 133 193274052645 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	39.5% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 66.7 Mixed 66.6 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 241GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 100 169 (03) Spinup time 110 100 25792020817 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65547 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4814 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14561 (C2) HDA temperature 162 136 197568954405 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	37.6% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 64.4 Mixed 64.2 49% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FDD2 1x8GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 47%

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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	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

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	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 $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16