Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.1% 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	214% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 22:18
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 780 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 91% 112 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.4 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 254GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th 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 100 100 460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 80 57 184684380180 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9628149488 (F7) Unknown 100 100 301328451 (F8) Unknown 100 100 65404618 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1944 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 326 Mixed 326 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 26.1 108% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 46.9 90% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,795 Write 1,132 Mixed 1,185 303% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 41 183% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 116 164% 310 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 130GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9063 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 193 193 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C2) HDA temperature 81 56 188979413011 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 480 Mixed 491 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 43.7 145% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 174 168% 265 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 820GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 9916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 277635 (C2) HDA temperature 123 90 29 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 85.4 Mixed 87.1 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 397GB free Firmware: SC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170338152 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 111685515847 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 453836827 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12957 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 47244640283 (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 -127740917316206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19459054893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10735280690	59.3% Above average	Read 80.2 Write 125 Mixed 80 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.78 4K Mixed 0.4 213% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 4x4GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 95%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,698x
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	766x
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 $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