Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	184% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 08:03
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$230 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 796 85% 678 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 200 Parallax 189 146% 190 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 175 Splatting 130 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,714 Write 884 Mixed 1,110 272% 1,236 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 39.4 132% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 191 214% 372 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 122GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9094 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2991 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 69 64 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14670365531	109% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 440 Mixed 510 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 44.8 149% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 170 175% 287 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 513GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95388910 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 51578559813 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3654 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 8598454417 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69997 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (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 -101026220718418 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30765538959 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63776911025	102% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 159 Mixed 143 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.64 196% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 110%

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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 $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