Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	93.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 02:44
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 816 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 146 Parallax 118 74% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 122 Splatting 113 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 284 277 275 263 258 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 300 Mixed 284 SusWrite 266 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 37.5 141% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 232 203% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 129%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 721GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 1243 1265 1402 1346 1366 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 1,508 Mixed 1,006 SusWrite 1,270 291% 1,291 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.6 225% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 273 330% 570 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 255%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 113 115 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 103 Mixed 69 SusWrite 114 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 108%
G-drive ev (Gen2) 1TB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 29GB free Firmware: 000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 91 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 93 Mixed 33 SusWrite 88.6 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.9% 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: 32 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.6% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.2 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 37.6 43% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.4 72% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 15.6% 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 below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	5,934x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	923x

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	488x
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