Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	24% 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	228% 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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 22:03
Run Duration	386 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 793 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M2000 5,678 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1190) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1651 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.84 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 30.5 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 31.2 25% 30.9 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 27.9 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,520 Write 1,336 Mixed 1,373 314% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 68.4 251% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 39.6 73% 137 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 353%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 237GB free Firmware: 000F 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20953 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5471812584327 (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 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	73.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 270 Mixed 350 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 3.65 103% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 5.84 61% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 232GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9953 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 208 (B1) Unknown 99 99 48 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5901474956	117% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 497 Mixed 512 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 44.4 182% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 152 142% 212 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26027 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 688 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1099608613	70.7% Very good	Read 507 Write 236 Mixed 359 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 21.3 96% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 36.9 59% 120 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 86%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 17.8 Write 3.56 Mixed 5.31 9% 8.89 MB/s	4K Read 7.07 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 1.42 150% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3733 C17 4x8GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 129%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
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 $95Bench 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	160x

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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 $178	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