Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 01:12
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 629 70% 549 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3730) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 117 Parallax 135 105% 127 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.5 98% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,775 Write 1,045 Mixed 413 235% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 44.9 193% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 842 DQ Mixed 629 557% 840 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 113GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 418 423 422 429 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 428 Mixed 435 SusWrite 419 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 63.9 210% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 255 210% 298 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 32GB free Firmware: SBFA12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 90 83 64 107 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 393 Write 110 Mixed 209 SusWrite 125 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 38.2 144% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 204 174% 252 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 265GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 165 167 168 168 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 137 Write 111 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 166 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 12GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 9.7 9.6 10 9.9 9.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 97.2 Write 14.8 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 10.4 36% 37 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.3 97% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 94%

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

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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	5,946x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	925x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,060x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

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	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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