Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% 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	268% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 10:22
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 887 89% 722 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 227 Parallax 191 160% 205 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 187 Splatting 140 127% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 1,356 Mixed 1,431 387% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 38.1 209% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 240 264% 448 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 254%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 196GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19723 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3240 (B1) Unknown 91 91 312 (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 68 46 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 167 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33732759273	70.7% Very good	Read 496 Write 332 Mixed 412 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 12.9 77% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 69.3 81% 145 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 164GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,325 Write 1,350 Mixed 1,536 384% 1,737 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 27.4 170% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 254 154% 159 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13611 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1115 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 778 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7109519725	85.6% Excellent	Read 492 Write 339 Mixed 356 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 26.7 131% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 24.9 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-043.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 16GB 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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