Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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 Drive	222% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 21:01
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 766 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% 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 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 207 Parallax 206 159% 203 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 191 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 318 318 320 316 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 1,370 Mixed 526 SusWrite 368 234% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 56.8 225% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,128 DQ Write 1,200 DQ Mixed 874 738% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 87GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 481 422 425 410 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 474 Mixed 383 SusWrite 428 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 64.8 226% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 352 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 717GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 103 105 108 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 63.5 Write 88.5 Mixed 85 SusWrite 103 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 184% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 66%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 5GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 43.2 Write 19.2 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 17.5 29% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2.2 126% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAR 4x4GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 102%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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