Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics89.4% 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 Drive195% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.4 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 10 '17 at 06:33
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
Memory 97.9
1-Core 139
2-Core 279
96% 172 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 566
74% 558 Pts
64-Core 561
35% 561 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 117
Parallax 100
92% 110 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 103
Splatting 103
83% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 240GB
223GB free
Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
73.5% Very good
Read 486
Write 258
Mixed 265
74% 336 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 61.4
4K Mixed 19.9
94% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 11.3
68% 158 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 90%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
195% Outstanding
Read 1,884
Write 1,081
Mixed 1,267
312% 1,411 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 32
163% 65.8 MB/s
DQ Read 42.7
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 29.6
46% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 133%
This bench: 195%
Great: 247%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67
837GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 163
Mixed 155
127% 170 MB/s
4K Read 1.04
4K Write 1.77
4K Mixed 0.18
96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 101%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 3400 C16 Series 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
114% Outstanding
MC Read 41.7
MC Write 46.9
MC Mixed 33.1
116% 40.6 GB/s
SC Read 24.3
SC Write 45.8
SC Mixed 34.2
99% 34.8 GB/s
Latency 46.3
86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 114%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $685
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