Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 862 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 88.2 77% 93.9 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 85.7 Splatting 79.7 68% 83.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 27 24 22 24 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 498 Write 481 Mixed 182 SusWrite 26.6 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 22.5 116% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 63.9 87% 168 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 118%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 39GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 38 135 58 79 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 514 Write 450 Mixed 28 SusWrite 120 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 0.8 61% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 8.3 DQ Mixed 12.1 29% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 100%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 753GB free Firmware: 04.01G01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 85 86 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 84 Write 80.8 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 86.2 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 63%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9GB free Firmware: 04.01G02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 60 82 84 74 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 64.2 Write 67.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 75.7 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,988x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,125x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	935x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,073x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	492x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $930

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16