Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A II (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180903
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 22:00
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 58.6 1-Core 75 2-Core 154 54% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 654 57% 487 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 156 Parallax 173 133% 164 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 144 Splatting 124 119% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0B-00YS70 250GB 7,199 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 456 Mixed 332 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 49.7 174% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 257 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 558GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 105 104 107 111 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 155 Write 193 Mixed 69 SusWrite 105 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 9,340 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 8.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 125%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	794x
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	496x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	431x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	147x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	145x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	157x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	149x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	84x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16