Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1862 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 783 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 62.8 59% 69 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 69.1 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 873 Write 228 Mixed 357 106% 486 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13 113% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 11.8 47% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 133%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 124GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 191 157 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6205 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1073 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9896 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 987 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 79.7 Write 74.8 Mixed 85.8 61% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 83%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

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