Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics138% 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 Drive222% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z370-A  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171201
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 13 '18 at 10:42
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 39%
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 PC Performing below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Memory 69.9
1-Core 100
2-Core 195
68% 122 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 605
60% 492 Pts
64-Core 1,023
63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Gigabyte(1458 37AC) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
138% Outstanding
Lighting 176
Reflection 216
Parallax 221
143% 204 fps
MRender 250
Gravity 204
Splatting 139
155% 198 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 138%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 604 605 594 589 586 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
222% Outstanding
Read 2,056
Write 1,738
Mixed 1,283
SusWrite 622
318% 1,425 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 60.3
206% 72.1 MB/s
DQ Read 956
DQ Write 772
DQ Mixed 870
650% 866 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 222%
Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
464GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 407 415 427 422 429 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 444
Mixed 386
SusWrite 414
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 52.5
176% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 357
268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 114%
Great: 134%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB
365GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 66 74 68 72 64 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
35.1% Below average
Read 59.2
Write 37.8
Mixed 42
SusWrite 62.9
37% 50.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 35.1%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
57% Above average
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 18.8
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 8.9
SC Write 15.9
SC Mixed 12
35% 12.3 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 57%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z370-A Builds (Compare 11,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 100%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $926
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