Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	42.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 23:05
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 564 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 63329538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 -126924873497848 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3616 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 63329538 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 63329538 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 63329538 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23342 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17283 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17283 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32270	42.5% Average	Read 176 Write 87.9 Mixed 95.4 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 9.41 93% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 71.6 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 7.57 27% 59 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 61%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 84GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15508 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4052 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 422427 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 394287 (BC) Unknown 100 100 16 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (C2) HDA temperature 142 106 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 422427 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 82	29.9% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 51 Mixed 63.2 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 56GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151959960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27497741 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 638648355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84650 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 60129542179 (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 26955214754241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2994074010026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33485747343397	51% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 88.2 Mixed 106 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 28.4 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 29.5 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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