Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.8% 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	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 80.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 801 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 139 Parallax 129 98% 129 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24569 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 370 (B1) Unknown 87 87 276 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 156 (F1) Unknown 99 99 223096879654	101% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 401 Mixed 409 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 40.5 160% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 26.2 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 173 173 17203265941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 206160003118 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 193 Mixed 193 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 4.68 4K Mixed 0.7 223% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 111 (03) Spinup time 159 159 17207067038 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3176 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 227634315314 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 137 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 323GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 175 7650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 906 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3919 (C2) HDA temperature 107 105 45 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 83.3 Mixed 101 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 69GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1801 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107264 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 75.4 Mixed 76.3 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 88%

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

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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