Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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 (15%). 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 17:18
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 761 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.6 62% 73 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 69.7 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 58GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1878 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2694743 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 696 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 33 188978692129 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2320 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2399 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27441428708 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34842313851	41.6% Average	Read 447 Write 175 Mixed 185 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 7.83 40% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 5.51 10% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 47%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,430 Write 996 Mixed 1,037 256% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 22.6 167% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 28.8 38% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104540080 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 17384659518 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2034 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 158768 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 47244640293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126658585572324 (F1) Unknown 100 253 101627438044 (F2) Unknown 100 253 152254881094	92.6% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 140 Mixed 157 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 30092951982 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979413033 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 159 Mixed 158 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.16 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 297GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 137 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2915 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10852 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 40 (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	68.8% Good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 121 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 65%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 272GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 41.1 Mixed 39.3 52% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.26 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

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