Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	87.9% 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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 03:10
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 707 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8665) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 125 Parallax 116 103% 122 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 115 Splatting 88.7 93% 117 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 251GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1403 572 522 524 538 524 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,179 Write 1,759 Mixed 1,243 SusWrite 680 275% 1,215 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 45.2 150% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 781 DQ Mixed 777 582% 771 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 267%
Pcie SSD 256GB 15,792 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 155 158 158 197 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 576 Write 513 Mixed 320 SusWrite 165 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 29.1 109% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 74.3 171% 345 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 214%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 174GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 122 122 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 83 Write 99.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 119 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.5 203% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 859GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 179 178 177 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 160 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 178 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 166 167 166 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 160 Mixed 110 SusWrite 166 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE F4-3200C16-8GVKB Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 101%

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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	5,945x
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	1,059x
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