Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	205% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 03:13
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 868 84% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,147 71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 47 32% 40.2 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 39.7 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 355 348 357 354 348 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,695 Write 1,563 Mixed 551 SusWrite 404 234% 1,053 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 54.2 211% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 1,164 DQ Mixed 1,017 787% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 282 278 275 271 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 462 Mixed 364 SusWrite 296 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.7 204% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Kingston SVP100S2128G 128GB 578 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 88GB free Firmware: CJRA0202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 183 185 183 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 188 Write 165 Mixed 100 SusWrite 182 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 26.7 90% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 24.6 24% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 10GB free Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 81 92 78 91 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 83.2 Write 70.3 Mixed 47 SusWrite 85.8 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 61%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 22GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 82 79 92 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 80 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 88.5 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 22.9 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 103%

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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