Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 18:39
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$184 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 829 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,105 68% 1,105 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.2 84% 104 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 78.3 71% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 132 Write 75.3 Mixed 121 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 27.3 118% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 79.9 68% 99.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 104GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 135 Write 109 Mixed 125 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 29.4 123% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 101 80% 111 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$30 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 198GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 70.5 Write 69 Mixed 39.2 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 11GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 110 Write 68.8 Mixed 70.3 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 436GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 139 140 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 159 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 140 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 6GB free, PID b2b5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.54% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 10.2 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 5.9 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.6 157% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.54% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 110%

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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 $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,991x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,125x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	936x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,114x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,074x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	540x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	493x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16