Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (15%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 00:13
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 158 2-Core 301 103% 186 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 405 57% 421 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 110 93% 116 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 89.7 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 1.7 109 32 5.5 12 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 206 Write 109 Mixed 201 SusWrite 63.1 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 22.7 104% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 135 126% 191 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 59 SusWrite 73.9 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 76%
WD WD3200AAJS-56B4A0 251GB 233GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 113 112 112 112 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 71 SusWrite 112 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s

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 @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32.1 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A II - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	789x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	492x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	426x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	230x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	144x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	144x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	157x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	155x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	116x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	84x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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