Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	13.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A II (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 23:29
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$100 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 618 82% 612 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 93%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 13 69 42 1 7.3 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	13.4% Very poor	Read 105 Write 89.3 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 31.2 16% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 6 22% 7.4 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 85%
WD WD3200AAJS-56B4A0 251GB 23GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 68 68 68 68 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 81.2 Write 81.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 68.4 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s

Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 320GB 62GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 67 66 66 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 71.3 Write 73 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 66.3 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s

Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 452GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 137 136 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 59 SusWrite 136 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 76%

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 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 104%

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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	784x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	490x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	426x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	228x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	144x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	156x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	155x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	115x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	83x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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