Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.4% 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	253% 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 22:51
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 268 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 730 66% 557 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 117 94% 120 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 129 Splatting 112 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1019 1045 1103 1126 520 473 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,297 Write 1,113 Mixed 1,132 SusWrite 881 248% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 88.3 286% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,376 DQ Write 1,257 DQ Mixed 1,354 1,006% 1,329 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 410%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 123GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 114 114 114 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 368GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 91 92 92 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 78 SusWrite 91.1 71% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 98%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 954GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 147 147 147 147 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 230 232 232 230 229 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 12.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 95%

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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	5,956x
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	1,064x
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	405x

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 $269	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 $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