Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.7% 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 23:51
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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-$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)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 301 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 820 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 38.2 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 34.9 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76.7% Very good	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 260 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 37.4 171% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 52.4 78% 143 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 100 598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1377 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 50 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 257698037792 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 25 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5340 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4470 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5444	83.3% Excellent	Read 503 Write 362 Mixed 410 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 4.41 111% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 28.1 82% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 86%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 168 Write 139 Mixed 116 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 928GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5758320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 51803284718 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2498 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 107183 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72670846665837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2181951856714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38724262454033	93.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 168 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 31 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 116%

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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	1,436x
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 $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 $46

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