Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 01:10
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 890 87% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,235 76% 1,235 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 103% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 127 Splatting 102 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 276 282 274 277 249 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 402 SusWrite 284 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.4 220% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 230GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 405 419 406 408 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 464 Mixed 442 SusWrite 404 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 70.1 228% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 256 212% 302 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 315 323 314 309 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 481 Mixed 398 SusWrite 323 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.7 221% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 466GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 409 409 399 396 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 464 Mixed 391 SusWrite 399 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 41.9 141% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 293 237% 336 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 192 185 180 180 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	71% Very good	Read 61 Write 144 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 185 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2 357% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 31.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 111%

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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	5,936x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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