Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A II (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '20 at 03:36
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$275 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 724 67% 558 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7990 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 0.09 6% 5.87 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 95.1 Parallax 95.4 81% 96.7 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 75 73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A 250GB 4,642 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 78 86 78 74 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 415 Write 390 Mixed 304 SusWrite 89.8 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 23.9 81% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 265 222% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 762GB free Firmware: MS2OA8S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 157 164 173 173 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 149 Mixed 32 SusWrite 168 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 107%

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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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Gaming 94%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	789x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	495x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	429x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	230x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	144x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	144x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	155x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	117x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16