Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.23% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB 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 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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 22:58
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 314 42% 314 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.34 5% 7.69 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 14 8% 9.06 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 595GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 302 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (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	48.6% Average	Read 85.4 Write 83.6 Mixed 80.9 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 48%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 137 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2329 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2252 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64961 (C2) HDA temperature 109 85 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 92.3 Mixed 84.4 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 60%
Seagate ST9640423AS 640GB 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 112GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232735448 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73196876 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2188 (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 70 48 521863198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 108 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53927 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 232735448 (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 125610613546589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2833429070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3071269766 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	33.6% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 61.2 Mixed 57.8 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.16 47% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 57%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
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	340x
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	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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