Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	216% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 10:03
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 740 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 130 105% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biostar M700-256GB 256GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1130 1122 1155 1181 510 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1867 Write 1,180 Mixed 979 SusWrite 891 274% 1,229 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 43.9 222% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 598 DQ Mixed 63.5 165% 340 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 216%
Seagate BarraCuda Q1 SSD ZA960CV10001 960GB 1,479 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 628GB free Firmware: STWSH012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 442 441 450 455 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 333 Write 148 Mixed 319 SusWrite 446 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 40.2 140% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 197 170% 249 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 200 202 205 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 496 Write 201 Mixed 206 SusWrite 202 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 12.2 117% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 80.7 91% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 78%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 132 133 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 75 SusWrite 132 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 97%

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

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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	5,959x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,113x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	932x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
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	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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