Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.1% 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	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 16:40
Run Duration	488 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 824 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.2 94% 110 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 100 100 691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 66 146029740056 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4485870080 (F7) Unknown 100 100 140740974 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47174181 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1929 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 485 Write 337 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 26.6 116% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 45.2 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223570680 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2328136 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 67 420282393 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4645 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (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 46093589020901 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2863696284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 187054143170	99.1% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 162 Mixed 177 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 88 Write 85.1 Mixed 84.5 110% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 44%
PI-239 USB 2.0 Drive 320GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 83GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 37.9 Mixed 37.3 48% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 27GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 116 Write 65.3 Mixed 105 117% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.06 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 1.49 146% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 38%
Specific STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 10GB free, PID 201a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	2.88% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 3.17 Mixed 3.05 7% 6.99 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 1% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.88% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.4 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 28.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 105%

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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	3,695x
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	1,146x
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	159x

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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 $15	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