Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z370-A II  (all builds)
Memory0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190524
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJul 12 '21 at 20:58
Run Duration192 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 24%
Watch Gameplay: 570 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-9100F-$88
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 250
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 444
59% 442 Pts
64-Core 474
29% 474 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130
CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 57.5
Parallax 78.5
0% 45.4 fps
MRender 57.5
Gravity 61.4
Splatting 43.9
43% 54.3 fps
Poor: 37%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 49%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
638GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 119 112 106 110 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
36.1% Below average
Read 14.5
Write 115
Mixed 29.4
SusWrite 111
49% 67.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.3
95% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 36.1%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FB 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.6% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 30.2
MC Mixed 25.2
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 25.8
SC Mixed 20.3
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

 SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 8 6 60 23.1" 1280 720 ACI23C1 VX238
Typical PRIME Z370-A II Builds (Compare 2,850 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A II - $132

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $641
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