Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A II (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 06:05
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 926 96% 770 Pts	64-Core 1,263 78% 1,263 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 90.4 59% 75.1 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 65 Splatting 78.1 57% 68.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 489 492 493 493 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 459 SusWrite 491 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.7 205% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 5GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 69 74 73 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 86.2 Write 75.5 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 76.5 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 86%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A II - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	808x
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	501x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	435x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	234x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	148x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	148x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	161x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	158x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $55Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	122x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	151x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	84x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369