Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% 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	148% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 23 '19 at 19:33
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 230 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 812 74% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 105 Parallax 92.2 78% 97.5 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 88.9 74% 89.8 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 3,686 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 801 427 307 304 307 257 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 884 Write 900 Mixed 803 SusWrite 401 168% 747 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.4 185% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 596 479% 671 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 143%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 457 435 441 440 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 468 Mixed 395 SusWrite 439 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.3 192% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 348 262% 350 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 206 200 208 207 201 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 134GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 66 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 81 Write 65 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 67 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 25.3 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 101%

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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	5,933x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

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	488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $275	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