Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	261% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 04:52
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 582 67% 521 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 82% 105 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 101 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1431 1104 611 611 614 615 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,142 Write 1,953 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 831 356% 1,592 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 69.7 231% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1295 DQ Write 1,083 DQ Mixed 1,161 877% 1,180 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 11GB free Firmware: 527ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 350 Write 264 Mixed 261 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 32.6 118% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 226 178% 245 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 167 167 168 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 109 SusWrite 167 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 804GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 92 92 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 91 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 49 52 58 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 74.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 50.4 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 2,697 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 114%

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

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,928x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,054x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	736x

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 $76Bench 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 $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $952

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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