Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.9% 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	171% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 1,065 104% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,319 82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 93% 112 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,475 Write 1,047 Mixed 1,113 269% 1,212 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 27.6 129% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.9 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 195 158% 214 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 15GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11658 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17236 (64) Unknown 100 100 17011392 (65) Unknown 100 100 682752 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 2555 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2676 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 158914969626 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 11 (E7) Temperature 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22902 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3502 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12855 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10950 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 11	63.7% Good	Read 453 Write 253 Mixed 143 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 11.5 75% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 23.7 60% 132 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 190GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 217 8850 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24670 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 78 78 22461 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24643 (C2) HDA temperature 113 81 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 92.1 Write 77 Mixed 73.8 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 24.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 104%

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Gaming 110%

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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	5,934x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

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	488x
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