Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	271% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 23:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 821 89% 707 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 7.92 Parallax 9.03 7% 8.48 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.97 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,319 Write 1,347 Mixed 1,246 360% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 57.1 245% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 216 237% 406 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 3190 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 380 (B1) Unknown 97 97 53 (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 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17086315530	121% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 50.1 197% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 119 143% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 575GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3703 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10082 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3622 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 15 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 403832856 (C2) HDA temperature 72 50 470941724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 36038 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.8% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 103 Mixed 106 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.44 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 36GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 194 167 10472 (03) Spinup time 253 165 1175 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9372 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2634 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 204630 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 15 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 15	39% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 60.5 Mixed 81.4 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 28.2 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 33.1 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,715x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16