Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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.
Boot Drive	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	56GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 56GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	44.1 GB free of 56 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '20 at 00:26
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$184 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 749 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.9 10% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 157 Parallax 162 126% 158 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 145 Splatting 107 114% 145 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 3,743 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1140 1160 967 876 720 696 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,102 SusWrite 926 240% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.8 208% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 968 DQ Write 1,038 DQ Mixed 379 457% 795 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 237%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 81GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 416 359 388 397 404 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 452 Mixed 302 SusWrite 399 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 40.6 148% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 230 207% 315 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 16GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 450 Mixed 298 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 39.6 143% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 230 207% 315 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRMWRN-HYA XRMWRN-HYA XRMWRN-HYA G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GISB 56GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,990x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,125x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	936x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,114x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,073x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	540x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	493x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
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: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16