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 above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	73.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 22:17
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 284 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 596 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 238GB free Firmware: 100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 190 Mixed 780 87% 380 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 40 181% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 76.8 151% 295 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 157%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10524415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -64235530872481 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1744 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 615 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 38 60132032540 (C2) HDA temperature 28 38 60132032540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10524415 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10524415 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10524415 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5351 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5351 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6907 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7077986	73.6% Very good	Read 496 Write 169 Mixed 243 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 19.5 123% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 52.3 73% 133 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 172 1658 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2121 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 555679777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5087 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.6% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 168 Mixed 159 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.35 132% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 104 Write 16 Mixed 32.7 49% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.99 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.13 39% 3.06 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 31.9 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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