Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A II (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 04:32
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$174 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 664 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 102 Parallax 86.4 74% 92.8 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 84.1 Splatting 91 73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7210 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 8.06 6% 8.64 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 15.2 8% 9.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 30 2.9 6.1 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 456 Write 407 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 84.4 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 10.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 8GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 410 Mixed 402 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.7 140% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 47.5 100% 199 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 130GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 131 133 133 132 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 70.3 Write 115 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 131 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 80%

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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 $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