Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171019
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 07:02
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 753 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 67.6 66% 75.7 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 71.1 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 50 214748364850 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1639908552 (F7) Unknown 100 100 29126614 (F8) Unknown 100 100 24690603	101% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 395 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 39.7 140% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 47.5 100% 204 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17842048 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 44 42 261994725806 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 59 689111081 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1062 (C2) HDA temperature 41 41 64424509481 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91933774970606 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2249586288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53078949773	95% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 155 Mixed 163 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.36% Terrible	Read 25.3 Write 8.92 Mixed 8.24 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.32 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 28% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.36% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.7 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 28.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 103%

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

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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	5,948x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
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 $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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