Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% 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 Drive	67.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 16:43
Run Duration	394 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 546 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 86% 105 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 97.3 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (64) Unknown 100 100 150928 (65) Unknown 100 100 11536 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 65 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 813 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 128850198554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 389 (EA) Unknown 100 100 101 (F1) Unknown 100 100 210 (F2) Unknown 100 100 205 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	67.7% Good	Read 470 Write 228 Mixed 243 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 13.7 86% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 29.6 74% 159 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 78GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1947 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 144 144 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C2) HDA temperature 78 64 154619478038 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 468 Mixed 495 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.8 144% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 177 172% 273 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 532GB free Firmware: CC57 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206810592 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52063333 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1916 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 21945778202 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8483 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (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 -38427072386186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19240996622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36211823747	107% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 176 Mixed 178 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 128GB 616 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 58GB free, PID 5567, SanDisk Cruzer Blade 128GB Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 3.62 Mixed 6.63 8% 6.98 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.68 62% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 30.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%

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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	3,715x
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 $260	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 $175	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