Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 816 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 137 118% 144 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 143 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 665GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 179 Write 182 Mixed 597 73% 319 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 29.8 174% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 28.8 79% 156 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 246%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 31.8 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $45Bench 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 $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