Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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.
Boot Drive113% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime3 Days
Run DateSep 18 '18 at 01:45
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 223
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 685
64% 534 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 145
Parallax 138
110% 139 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 110
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 269 266 258 257 254 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 462
Mixed 378
SusWrite 280
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 56.2
197% 70.4 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 354
267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 113%
Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 124 124 122 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 116
Write 115
Mixed 93
SusWrite 121
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.7
266% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
MC Read 31.2
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 26.4
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 26.5
66% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 52.8
76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,358 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $656
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HDDRAMUSB
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