Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.8% 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	254% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 17:04
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 729 82% 641 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 106 Parallax 109 83% 106 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 98.7 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,279 Write 1,411 Mixed 1,276 365% 1,655 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.1 203% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 156 169% 288 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 182GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 82 67 141734772754 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 487406814 (F7) Unknown 100 100 15259451 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3314006 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 334 Mixed 339 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 23.8 113% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 38.4 78% 158 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 95%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4255 (C2) HDA temperature 131 117 19 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.6% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 105 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 6216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4034 (C2) HDA temperature 130 116 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.6% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 848GB free Firmware: 060E Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 98.8 Mixed 96 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 66%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2057 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 122 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.48 116% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 69%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 483GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 43 Mixed 41.2 54% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

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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	5,947x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	926x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
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 $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 $300	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 $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