Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 11:31
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 724 69% 571 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2382) ≥ 4GB; rtx 2080ti xc gaming CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 219 Parallax 235 173% 222 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 207 Splatting 139 156% 198 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 140 136 139 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 401 Write 187 Mixed 178 SusWrite 139 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 27.3 111% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 139 111% 155 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 146 139 141 143 137 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 143 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 143 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 183 187 188 189 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 179 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 187 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 99.7 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 84 122% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.8 287% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 9,970 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 93%

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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	5,934x
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