Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	343% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 09:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 892 88% 720 Pts	64-Core 953 59% 953 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 150 Parallax 138 108% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1898 1894 1938 1958 1964 1954 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	343% Outstanding	Read 2,226 Write 1,890 Mixed 1,340 SusWrite 1,934 415% 1,848 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 83.3 288% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 1,024 775% 1,048 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 343% Great: 393%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 73GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 399 406 408 407 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 402 Mixed 259 SusWrite 404 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 38.3 141% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 189 168% 251 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 164 165 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 155 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 163 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

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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 $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	6,022x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,132x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	947x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,117x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,078x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	747x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	543x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	495x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	411x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	848x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	319x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $917

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16