Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.5% 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	102% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 04:06
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 904 87% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.3 78% 98.2 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 81.9 70% 86.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 109 108 89 94 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 457 Mixed 375 SusWrite 136 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55.5 186% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 267GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 142 Write 154 Mixed 98 SusWrite 82.9 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 136 135 135 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 135 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 281GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 114 113 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 56 SusWrite 113 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 266GB free Firmware: 2BA30002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 87 86 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 84.3 Write 53 Mixed 49 SusWrite 85.4 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 314GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 67 68 68 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 65.2 Write 66.7 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 67.3 87% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 49%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 12 10 10 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 11.2 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 10.9 17% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 7%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 8GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 12 12 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 42.5 Write 22.8 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 14.7 37% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 114% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FAD 2x8GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 94%

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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	5,944x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,110x
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	1,059x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	738x

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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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