Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.2% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 00:00
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 865 90% 725 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1639 MHz, MLim: 1895 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 89% 114 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.5 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 114GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1036 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7372 (A5) Unknown 100 100 18 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1310 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 83445 (F2) Unknown 100 100 181192 (F5) Unknown 100 100 117952	105% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 424 Mixed 466 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 38.8 150% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 73.3 112% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14668 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2405 (B1) Unknown 94 94 195 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 860 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20710789845	101% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 418 Mixed 455 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 24.8 138% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 76.4 127% 247 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 185 170 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24770 (C2) HDA temperature 125 117 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 138 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.27 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 402GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 165 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 156 156 38677184904 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3044 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3633 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 201864314910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 86.3 Write 76.2 Mixed 89.7 64% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 35GB free Firmware: ML6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 106 (03) Spinup time 169 169 34381103426 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2538 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2759 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2759 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 150324445210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.8% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 67.5 Mixed 64.7 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3066 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 30 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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	1,436x
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	809x

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 $95Bench 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