Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.3% 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	87.7% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 06:21
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 294 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 662 8-Core 1,034 104% 848 Pts	64-Core 1,364 84% 1,364 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 83% 105 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 88.5 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-000H1 128GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 124 121 121 123 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 146 Mixed 193 SusWrite 124 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 39.6 163% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 178 153% 232 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 214 202 185 173 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 455 Mixed 399 SusWrite 219 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.4 215% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 81GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 244 143 122 109 116 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 397 Mixed 413 SusWrite 200 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.3 220% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000H1 256GB 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 238GB free Firmware: MAV01H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 317 316 317 315 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 475 Mixed 404 SusWrite 329 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.2 191% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 158 127% 183 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 921GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 189 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 179 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 189 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$169 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,931x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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