Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 09:07
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 856 84% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 185 Parallax 199 145% 187 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 188 Splatting 123 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 193 171 226 241 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 375 Write 325 Mixed 213 SusWrite 212 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 24 107% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 256 182% 229 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 98%
Intel Optane+3.6TBHDD 19 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 500GB free Firmware: 16.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 222 224 224 184 232 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 120%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 28 29 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 29.1 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 28.5 39% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 28.7 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 48: 6R 3G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
48%	26%	68	310	239	100	34"	3440 1440	SAM0DC4 CF791

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Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,953x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	930x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,064x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
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 $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