Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 06:46
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 872 85% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 193 Parallax 182 151% 187 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 186 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 64GB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 107 93 89 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 416 Write 144 Mixed 159 SusWrite 99.2 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 35.5 147% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 112 111% 181 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 89GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 414 382 418 382 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 414 Mixed 307 SusWrite 399 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 38.8 153% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 249 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 476GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 817 779 832 840 844 770 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 627 Write 754 Mixed 623 SusWrite 814 159% 704 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 58.2 212% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 297 245% 351 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 156%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 60.5 Write 97.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 99.1 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 151 151 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 165 Mixed 104 SusWrite 150 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 23.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 103%

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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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Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,935x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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