Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 892 88% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.2 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 240GB-$99 848 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 31 (A3) Unknown 100 100 279 (94) Unknown 100 100 3899 (95) Unknown 100 100 64 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 52 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2560 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43036195356700 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7352 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7260 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15120 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7798 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	72.8% Very good	Read 497 Write 254 Mixed 268 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 22.5 99% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 47.1 68% 130 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 173GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7789 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 72913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1358 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7789 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 45 (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	39% Below average	Read 72.2 Write 63.4 Mixed 66.8 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 69%
WD SSC-D0064SC-2500 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7.07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 713 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 28966935 (AD) Unknown 100 100 82508278159115
Poor: 15% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2939 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34079 (C2) HDA temperature 104 100 39 (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	77.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 121 Mixed 134 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 179 Write 174 Mixed 133 204% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 105%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 29GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 91.3 Write 76.5 Mixed 47.1 86% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.11 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 48%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 4GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 9.17 Mixed 15.7 22% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.07 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 1.49 89% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 25.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 30.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%

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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	5,936x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	924x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	737x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	534x
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	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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