Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 10:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 465 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 69.1 65% 76.4 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 75.5 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 422 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4310958284 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 121 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 39 167504773153 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 171800657960 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 890 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1243 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1127 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2274 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 492 Write 172 Mixed 129 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 8.54 100% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 27.2 86% 189 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 290GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 100 169 (03) Spinup time 110 100 25791955282 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4814 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7513 (C2) HDA temperature 187 133 193274052640 (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 200 253 0	39.5% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 67 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 241GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 100 169 (03) Spinup time 111 100 25791889745 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65547 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4815 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14562 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14562 (C2) HDA temperature 187 136 197568954400 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	37.4% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 64.8 Mixed 65 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FDD2 1x8GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%

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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	5,935x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
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	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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