Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% 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	86.4% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 88.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 295 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 941 90% 743 Pts	64-Core 1,265 78% 1,265 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 85% 105 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 85.9 74% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 209GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 424 Mixed 519 171% 787 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 20.6 127% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 39 127% 282 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 144%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9087561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -343597347919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 38 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 60132098077 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9087561 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9087561 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9087561 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14634 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10851 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10851 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19460	86.4% Excellent	Read 503 Write 256 Mixed 283 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 20.1 136% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 14.6 77% 176 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1368 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 805 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4390 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 144 Write 110 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 176GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 3066 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3183 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 99.5 Write 113 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.67 157% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 1,605 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%

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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