Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.8% 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	71.3% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 10:48
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 130 58% 95 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 302 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 173 Parallax 180 101% 159 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 120 Splatting 109 92% 112 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 157 155 59 63 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 441 Write 418 Mixed 289 SusWrite 119 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 31.4 102% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 250 208% 301 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 434GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 127 128 128 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 113 Write 93.3 Mixed 29 SusWrite 127 66% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 358% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 338GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 116 115 115 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 115 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 47%

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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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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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