Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 23:16
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,061 101% 833 Pts	64-Core 1,298 80% 1,298 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 71.4 62% 78.3 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 99.1 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$69 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 77 109 134 134 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 465 Write 401 Mixed 378 SusWrite 114 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 14.3 73% 159 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 68%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 29GB free Firmware: 08TH SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 273 255 249 243 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 432 Write 264 Mixed 253 SusWrite 259 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 16.7 111% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 16.9 38% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 69%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 134 89 77 94 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 469 Write 441 Mixed 387 SusWrite 129 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 24 132% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 29.4 74% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 746GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 86 85 85 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 62.7 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 85.7 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 1,517 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 32 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 47.1 SC Mixed 33.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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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	5,947x
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