Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.8% 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	195% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 678 78% 610 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 38.3 27% 34.4 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 41 Splatting 34.7 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,572 Write 1,116 Mixed 1,100 280% 1,263 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 29.8 186% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.3 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 28.8 79% 157 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 607GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 113 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 29 (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	90.4% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 163 Mixed 152 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.35 138% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 452GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 6110 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2819 (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 96 96 20665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2754 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 370343958 (C2) HDA temperature 78 56 403898390 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 93661 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.3% Average	Read 79.1 Write 82.1 Mixed 71 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.37 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 103%

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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	3,696x
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 $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	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
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: 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 $45	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