Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	101% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 06:51
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 748 70% 584 Pts	64-Core 1,102 68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 195 Parallax 181 121% 175 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 181 Splatting 127 104% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 154 154 153 161 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 447 Mixed 360 SusWrite 185 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 51.7 176% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 264GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 415 451 451 457 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 447 Mixed 378 SusWrite 441 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.1 192% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 185 193 193 193 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 173 Mixed 85 SusWrite 191 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 109%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,934x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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