Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	52.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171026
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 10:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 791 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.24% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 12 Parallax 9 7% 9.82 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 423 426 418 242 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 431 Mixed 413 SusWrite 371 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.7 151% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 354 266% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 198 192 197 201 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 300 Write 256 Mixed 241 SusWrite 200 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 33.9 130% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 169 157% 242 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 192 192 192 194 192 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 260GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 93 92 94 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 67.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 93.8 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSC.16FBD Kingston KHX2666C16/16G BLS16G4D26BFSC.16FBD Kingston KHX2666C16/16G 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

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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	5,936x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

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	489x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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