Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	71.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 07:41
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 775 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 113% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 58 61 39 52 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 461 Write 339 Mixed 97 SusWrite 76.6 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 28.5 130% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 88.4 101% 173 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 31GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 209 207 213 209 212 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 410 Write 255 Mixed 245 SusWrite 218 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 37.5 128% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 274 216% 302 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 104%
Corsair CMFSSD-64D1 64GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 31GB free Firmware: 2.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 89 88 88 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 185 Write 97.8 Mixed 107 SusWrite 88.1 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 11.4 65% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 63.4 DQ Write 8.9 DQ Mixed 12.5 15% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$35 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 233GB free Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 423 422 422 423 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1143 Write 1,102 Mixed 972 SusWrite 457 206% 919 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 71.9 262% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 1,192 DQ Mixed 731 634% 926 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 193%
WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS50 2TB 851GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 155 157 155 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 154 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 103%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,963x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,116x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	933x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	537x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	843x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $939

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16