Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	97.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 00:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 286 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 960 95% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,238 77% 1,238 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 131 102% 132 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 122 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 373 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.2 203% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 94GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 333 333 334 334 333 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 332 Mixed 296 SusWrite 332 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 182 156% 223 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 853GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 481 487 492 491 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 488 Mixed 463 SusWrite 484 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.3 210% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 249GB free Firmware: 0001YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 65 66 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 96.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 66 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 125 130 129 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 113 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 128 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 25.3 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 104%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,935x
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