Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	97.2% 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	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 09:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 625 84% 624 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 128 Parallax 109 102% 121 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 112 Splatting 105 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6602 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 241 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3564581493	121% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 423 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.4 196% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 107 140% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Apple TS256C 251GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: CJAA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 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 21097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22536 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1267232345071 (AA) Unknown 100 100 188995076178 (AB) Unknown 100 100 295 (AD) Unknown 185 185 42980475110 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 664 (C2) HDA temperature 73 38 266289020955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 192 Write 157 Mixed 159 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 12.6 83% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 10.8 19% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 50%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 677GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179059448 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69936684 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065683 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5376 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 77309411358 (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 -13713830568888 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21497438373 (F2) Unknown 100 253 154142914814	91.5% Outstanding	Read 125 Write 193 Mixed 139 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.63 200% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%

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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 $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