Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.11% 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	85.9% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 01:39
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 569 80% 591 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.11% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 9.92 Parallax 0.44 7% 6.31 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 1.65 2% 1.83 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 319 205 147 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 458 Write 348 Mixed 341 SusWrite 216 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 37.8 138% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 305 218% 276 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 288 289 309 267 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 319 Write 412 Mixed 279 SusWrite 271 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 31.1 117% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 182 164% 248 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 31.9 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
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 $95Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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