Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.7% 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	158% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 17:30
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 866 81% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,050 65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 117 Parallax 119 100% 120 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 116 Splatting 95.6 99% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$144 676 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 524 614 641 730 699 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,450 Write 734 Mixed 251 SusWrite 613 168% 762 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 20.2 125% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 482 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 566 437% 588 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 369 376 371 386 389 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 427 Mixed 357 SusWrite 378 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.5 189% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 265% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 108GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 191 223 231 224 229 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 413 Write 215 Mixed 143 SusWrite 216 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 22.6 105% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 55.3 90% 180 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 146GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 372 381 377 392 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 443 Mixed 403 SusWrite 379 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 51.2 184% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 699GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 112 110 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 69.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 111 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 120%

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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	5,956x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	930x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,064x
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	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 $269	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 $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 $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