Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	126% 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	244% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190329
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 00:32
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 1,197 104% 886 Pts	64-Core 1,664 103% 1,664 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 194 Parallax 175 142% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 1207 1254 876 433 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,405 Write 1,224 Mixed 1081 SusWrite 896 258% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 85 280% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 884 DQ Mixed 997 752% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 308%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE250GB-LT 250GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 66GB free Firmware: P0614D SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 318 172 306 320 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 289 Mixed 300 SusWrite 292 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.7 130% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 178 144% 200 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 170 167 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 146 Mixed 77 SusWrite 169 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 173 172 169 177 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 171 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 203% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 31 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 104%

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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	5,945x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,111x
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	739x

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 $92Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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