Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 02:05
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 70.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 86% 161 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 836 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,069 66% 1,069 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.56 7% 9.7 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 239 213 227 195 249 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 432 Write 250 Mixed 243 SusWrite 214 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 37.4 135% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 201 182% 277 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 129%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 747GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1416 1415 1440 1439 1448 1239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 1,455 Mixed 1055 SusWrite 1,399 300% 1,331 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.3 227% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 264 310% 532 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 255%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 114 116 114 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 116 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 108%
G-drive ev (Gen2) 1TB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 29GB free Firmware: 000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 89 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 92 Write 93.8 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 90.3 54% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 257GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 117GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.2 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.13% Terrible	Read 8 Write 4.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 7.5 9% 6.75 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 929 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 112%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,963x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,116x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	933x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	537x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	843x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $939

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16