Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	126% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 00:41
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 762 81% 646 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 103%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.5 92% 108 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.08 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 475 477 463 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 485 Mixed 460 SusWrite 394 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.6 208% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 371GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 407 408 410 408 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 446 Mixed 296 SusWrite 393 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55.1 185% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 230 207% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 170 170 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 171 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 916GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 201 200 201 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 163 Mixed 29 SusWrite 199 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 104%

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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