Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	260% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 22:26
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 453 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 200 Parallax 176 148% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 604 603 600 603 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1821 Write 1,524 Mixed 861 SusWrite 635 269% 1,210 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 79.4 274% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,607 DQ Write 1255 DQ Mixed 1,122 923% 1,328 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 259%
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 454GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 417 429 434 435 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 431 Mixed 312 SusWrite 418 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.3 163% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 199 174% 257 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 431GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 462 463 464 465 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 460 Mixed 312 SusWrite 463 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 45.3 169% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 180 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 150 145 149 150 147 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 162 Write 114 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 147 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 150 152 153 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 153 Mixed 87 SusWrite 152 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 32.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

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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	5,951x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	929x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,062x
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 $90Bench 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 $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 $42	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