Asus PRIME Z370-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	216% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A II (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '23 at 04:23
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 965 93% 765 Pts	64-Core 1,484 92% 1,484 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-12GB 12,228 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 886D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 114 93% 109 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 89.5 83% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 667 585 587 593 587 585 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,428 Write 1,246 Mixed 1,132 SusWrite 601 247% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 77.6 260% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 829 DQ Mixed 931 697% 930 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 234GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,456 Write 7,801 Mixed 8,477 1,912% 8578 MB/s	4K Read 622 4K Write 315 4K Mixed 387 1,605% 441 MB/s	DQ Read 1,427 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 1065 835% 1,163 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WDC WDS250G2B0A 250GB 4,642 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 226GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 202 198 203 202 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 336 SusWrite 209 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 35.2 119% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 265 223% 324 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C14-8GVK F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C14-8GVK 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 27.6 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 26.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 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	71	58	165	31.6"	2560 1440	SAM71E7 Odyssey G50A

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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	430x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	231x
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 $130Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $648

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16