Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.41% 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	221% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 12:50
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 244 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 566 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 24.20.100.6136 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 8.73 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 8.84 7% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 274 276 276 274 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,164 Write 1,192 Mixed 1,084 SusWrite 313 262% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 77.7 256% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 770 DQ Mixed 120 275% 570 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 244%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 90 90 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 97.4 Mixed 58 SusWrite 90.9 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 135 135 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 136 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 80.4 Write 36 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 81.7 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 28.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 28 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 47.9 83% 47.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	5,950x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	927x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
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 $90Bench 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 $300	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