Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	8192 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 20:58
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 770 84% 664 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% AMD(1002 0E3A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.11.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 132 Parallax 247 110% 171 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 101 Splatting 162 128% 156 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 131 129 128 151 139 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 304 Write 200 Mixed 262 SusWrite 139 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 44.3 160% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 259 183% 232 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 94%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 194GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 455 216 334 245 243 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 454 Write 452 Mixed 310 SusWrite 252 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 37.5 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 66.9 127% 253 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 680GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 186 188 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 176 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 187 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 4GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 0044 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 6 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	2.82% Terrible	Read 7.2 Write 4 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 6.3 6% 5 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.82% Great: 7%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 210GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 30 30 29 31 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 29.5 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 29.5 38% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 29.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 110%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,968x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,118x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	933x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,068x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	538x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	490x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	845x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Total price: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16