Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91% 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	391% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 00:17
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 290 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 701 79% 618 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 104 Parallax 114 90% 109 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 111 Splatting 88.6 93% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 1289 1316 1463 1424 1470 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	391% Outstanding	Read 1,918 Write 1,571 Mixed 1,725 SusWrite 1,353 369% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 192 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 175 600% 176 MB/s	DQ Read 1,251 DQ Write 796 DQ Mixed 952 729% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 391% Great: 559%
Micron_M510_2.5_7MM_256GB 256GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 63GB free Firmware: DL06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 401 Write 45.5 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 43.9 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 23.1 84% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 69.6 82% 151 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 94%

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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 $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 $910Bench 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 $295	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