Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	50.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 23:24
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 725 70% 578 Pts	64-Core 1,027 64% 1,027 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 112 90% 115 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 116 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 96 101 85 64 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 220 Write 136 Mixed 174 SusWrite 86.7 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 27.3 100% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 124 95% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 73%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 191GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 349 362 260 49 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 350 Write 316 Mixed 309 SusWrite 237 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 0.8 37% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 50 DQ Mixed 0.9 25% 63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 321GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 170 172 168 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 92.7 Write 127 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 171 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 110%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 112%

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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	5,952x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	930x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,063x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
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	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
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 $179	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