Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	13.7% 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 Drive	60.8% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 14:03
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 863 93% 738 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 2556) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 22.6 14% 19 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 19.4 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L3 SSD 120GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2120 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10682575 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8982	60.8% Good	Read 511 Write 151 Mixed 233 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 8.94 100% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 9.02 24% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 660GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 556 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3254 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3013 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 575 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2679 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 34 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60% Good	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 112 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 29.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
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	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16