Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	208% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 819 78% 647 Pts	64-Core 1122 69% 1122 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 190 Parallax 196 141% 187 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 615 524 583 565 619 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,887 Write 1,586 Mixed 610 SusWrite 607 260% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.5 185% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 707 DQ Mixed 750 586% 815 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 254%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 100GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 254 192 259 239 257 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 421 Write 260 Mixed 292 SusWrite 238 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 34 126% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 186 168% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 140 130 148 142 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 160 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 143 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 330% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 110%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 201 185 192 176 187 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 187 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 120%

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

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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
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 $95Bench 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