Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	81.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	31.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210712
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '22 at 15:17
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 738 69% 572 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 106 Parallax 122 98% 116 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 119 Splatting 99.8 103% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 297 311 339 319 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 412 Write 227 Mixed 261 SusWrite 322 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 30 103% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 258 204% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 181GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 396 414 394 406 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 459 Mixed 403 SusWrite 400 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 43.9 146% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 49GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,055 Write 978 Mixed 1,048 230% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 61.9 190% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 801 590% 779 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 116 114 115 116 112 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 113 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 26 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 104%

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

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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	5,954x
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 $178	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