Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	32 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 04:34
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 838 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 98.2 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2052 Write 1,378 Mixed 671 300% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 60.1 213% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,091 DQ Write 751 DQ Mixed 787 624% 876 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 184 184 183 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 148 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 183 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 161GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 158 159 164 164 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 115 Write 144 Mixed 116 SusWrite 159 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 314% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 94%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 44.3 Write 61.5 Mixed 63.4 43% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 156% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 67%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 134GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 51GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 19.7 Write 12.5 Mixed 14.9 SusWrite 12.5 19% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 4.7 462% 5.53 MB/s	DQ Read 3.4 DQ Write 9 DQ Mixed 5.1 492% 5.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 11%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 72 54 56 53 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 112 Write 96.6 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 66.5 114% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 63%
General Flash Disk Drive 4GB 3GB free, PID 0a11 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 1.8 2.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.02% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 4 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 1 6% 4.85 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.5 103% 1.6 MB/s

General Flash Disk Drive 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 0a11 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.64% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 4 Mixed 2 SusWrite 2.5 5% 4.05 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 76% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.64% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-4GVKB F4-3200C16-16GVK F4-3200C16-4GVKB F4-3200C16-16GVK 40GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 99%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,973x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,122x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	935x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,069x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	741x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	491x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	846x
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: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16