Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.1% 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	274% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 15:10
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 750 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 43.6 30% 38 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 37.4 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4952041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -72138270691083 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1531 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 143 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 1005025165340 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 1005025165340 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4952041 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4952041 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4952041 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 69 69 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 167799 (EA) Unknown 0 0 175672 (F1) Unknown 0 0 175672 (F2) Unknown 0 0 225508	84.7% Excellent	Read 477 Write 286 Mixed 316 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.2 125% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 12.6 80% 184 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,754 Write 1,125 Mixed 1,288 377% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 50.1 240% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 28.9 160% 370 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 236%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CCA3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155172205 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5645858 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 6 103080788302 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 31 13263515090983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1422 (C2) HDA temperature 39 69 55834574887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 29 155172205 (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 111149458654664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 467743777 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3977696800	71% Very good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 105 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 138 9691 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85580 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 39 (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 94084 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.6% Average	Read 102 Write 53.5 Mixed 86.7 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 63%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 292GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 35.4 Mixed 22.1 39% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x16GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 102%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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 $92Bench 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	159x

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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 $179	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