Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.3% 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 (16%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 21:49
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 310 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 849 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 66 Parallax 94.6 64% 79.5 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 83.1 60% 71.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 134GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 6855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 90 (AE) Unknown 100 100 174 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 197569216541 (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 13 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17586711614 (F7) Unknown 100 100 11459090 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1327392091	94.1% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 327 Mixed 388 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31.7 145% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 41.9 82% 161 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10721875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 73976516720552 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1881 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 273 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 82 42955046936 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10721875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10721875 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10721875 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10302 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11673 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11673 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17819	49.3% Average	Read 199 Write 98.7 Mixed 117 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.6 108% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 28.5 43% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 721GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 122 11791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2109 (C2) HDA temperature 122 88 30 (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
Poor: 61% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 148GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 160 6791 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3509 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 322289 (C2) HDA temperature 123 95 27 (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
Poor: 29% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 30.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 104%

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

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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	3,699x
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