Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '21 at 16:25
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 837 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375D) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 18.5 13% 17.4 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 19 Splatting 17 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 643 632 621 529 427 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1528 Write 1,554 Mixed 730 SusWrite 619 248% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 58.4 226% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 867 709% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 191GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 484 484 484 486 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 483 Mixed 355 SusWrite 483 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.1 177% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 479 Mixed 361 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.5 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 227 207% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 161 161 162 162 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 101 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 161 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%
Lacie P9233 8TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 124 126 125 127 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 123 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 227% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 92%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 197 190 194 192 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 239 Write 199 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 195 237% 182 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 8.5 691% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 10.3 DQ Mixed 10.2 753% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,977x
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	1,070x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	741x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	406x

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: $938

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	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