Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	194% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 05:12
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 807 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.73 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 17 11% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,541 Write 1,006 Mixed 1,080 268% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 37.2 197% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 130 142% 239 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 254%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 110 (03) Spinup time 129 129 42985259549 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 31 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 580 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 167504904217 (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 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 86 Write 88.8 Mixed 79.6 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 333GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 200913752 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 64463002157 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 582 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BE) vendor-specific 76 48 395540955160 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82252 (C2) HDA temperature 24 52 -140737488355304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 96 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 96 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132740259246037 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26464896671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45553296735	61.3% Good	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 97.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 105%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

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 $40	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