Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	117% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 04:02
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	BLZ-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (77^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 743 80% 635 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.7 78% 102 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.2 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 954GB free Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1935 2070 1290 1173 1173 1124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 2,191 Mixed 1,674 SusWrite 1,461 422% 1876 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 83.1 275% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1454 DQ Write 907 DQ Mixed 1,201 890% 1,187 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 329%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 437 446 453 431 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 443 Mixed 434 SusWrite 432 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 51.6 174% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 293 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 203GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 438 447 451 396 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 445 Mixed 423 SusWrite 426 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 50.8 169% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 294 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 504GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 159 159 159 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 122 Write 134 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 157 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 10GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 7 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 7.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 5.6 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.6 124% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,934x
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