Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% 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	320% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 914 90% 735 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 100%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.9 83% 102 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 98 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,701 Write 2,152 Mixed 2,579 552% 2,477 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 70.4 212% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 167 164% 263 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 393%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 544GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 373GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227196184 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4650248764 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1851 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17007 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 38654705691 (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 -34166464829932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63474661785 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77933501229	106% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 166 Mixed 162 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WDC WD30 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 840GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	Read 120 Write 105 Mixed 93.8 133% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 46GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 18.4 Mixed 19.7 25% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.97 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 1.74 178% 3.52 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 3 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 94%

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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 $95Bench 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 $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 $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