Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	24.6% 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	245% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 05:35
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 263 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 739 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1666 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.6% Poor	Lighting 13 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 62.3 11% 48.6 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 57.3 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,953 Write 1,320 Mixed 1,204 330% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 53.1 220% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 198 214% 364 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15239 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2510 (B1) Unknown 94 94 65 (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 73 59 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35515358084	96.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 350 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 27.5 140% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 81.4 117% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 15GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19799 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3597 (B1) Unknown 94 94 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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11807264889	74.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 195 Mixed 119 59% 274 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 13.4 108% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 29.8 82% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 7633 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9067 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2079 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115026 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 125 Mixed 123 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190167584 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 17189418352 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1734 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78822 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 51539607581 (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 20143396622630 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8559401883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120601968600	65.8% Good	Read 107 Write 122 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 26 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 104%

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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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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	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 $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