Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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	109% 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	251% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 18:16
Run Duration	366 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 744 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 1028 64% 1028 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 94%

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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 225 Parallax 137 113% 167 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 141 Splatting 124 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 303 295 296 294 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,409 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,170 SusWrite 352 298% 1,348 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 82.2 283% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,049 DQ Mixed 1010 761% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 280%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 671GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 173 176 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 136 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 175 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 455GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 80 79 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 69.4 Write 68.7 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 78.6 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 88 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 89 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 50%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 5.9 6 5.8 5.7 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 112 Write 5.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 6 28% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 35% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C19 2x8GB 3,646 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 27.8 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,949x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

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	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 $273	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 $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