Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.36% 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	90.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 10:08
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1016 98% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,248 77% 1,248 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% 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. 23.20.16.4974 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 8.81 7% 10.1 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 16 16 16 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33832 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40432720 (AE) Unknown 100 100 241 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 676 (D2) Unknown 100 100 218 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 78 78 78 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21341 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23331 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1479546157	90.4% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 351 Mixed 409 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 23.9 122% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 67.1 112% 215 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012)-$45 601 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 286GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 151 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 17 17 83645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1782139 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 60 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 56 56 32312	54.9% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 105 Mixed 87.3 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 10GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 194 3158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1468 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2465 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 93.4 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.63 153% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27.5 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,960x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,116x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	932x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
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	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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