Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	226% 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 (32%). 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	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '20 at 13:34
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 257 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 684 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.2% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 62.7 38% 47 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 46.3 Splatting 33.7 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 712GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1575 1520 1566 1661 1015 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,121 Write 1,842 Mixed 1,060 SusWrite 1,242 298% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 64.5 219% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 832 632% 833 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 305%
SK hynix BC501 HFM128GDJTNG-8310A 128GB 2,891 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 118GB free Firmware: 80002C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 184 218 186 187 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 934 Write 410 Mixed 576 SusWrite 194 117% 528 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 37.5 170% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 303 227% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 139%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 210 212 212 213 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 200 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 210 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 1 275% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 184%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 176 178 178 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 148 Mixed 107 SusWrite 177 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 432% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 192 191 190 192 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 145 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 189 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 29,586 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 96%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	790x
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	495x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	430x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	232x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	144x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	144x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	156x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	117x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	149x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	84x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16