Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	141% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190329
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '21 at 14:50
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 835 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 226 Parallax 137 111% 166 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 122 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 235 237 221 217 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,076 Write 332 Mixed 450 SusWrite 225 114% 521 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.4 172% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 451 396% 619 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 351 336 352 352 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 425 Write 350 Mixed 286 SusWrite 343 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 30.9 116% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 260 213% 303 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%
ST6000DM004 1TB 486GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 435 438 441 444 444 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 458 Write 417 Mixed 394 SusWrite 437 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 49.6 168% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 348 263% 352 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	165	27"	1280 720	ACR0490 XB271HU

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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