Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89% 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	101% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 10:03
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 644 8-Core 648 86% 646 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 125 Parallax 115 90% 117 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 102 Splatting 110 87% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.659.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 72 Parallax 85.7 57% 76 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 58.9 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1849 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 713 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 488 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1225726937	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 410 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 42.2 175% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 82.8 126% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4842 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1094 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 694 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34709142703	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 398 Mixed 418 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 39.3 168% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 28.5 52% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 160 160 17195598059 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167505035295 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 203 Mixed 227 156% 206 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213053120 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4355831 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8535 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 73014444059 (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 47330539603894 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9396438607 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6938121779	95.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 1TB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 929GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 114 Write 101 Mixed 97.5 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.09 42% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 853GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27885792 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12758718 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1020 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12894 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 68719476766 (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 32963874000389 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17760741917 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21383674096	91.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 151 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 516GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235534936 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13303890 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6340 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31825707659938 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26936280118 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21040117445	78.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 120 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
ST4000DM 004-2CV104 4TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 171 Write 159 Mixed 104 178% 144 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.14 100% 4.24 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 70%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	46% Average	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 109 147% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.16 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 63GB free, PID 1000, p20 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 149 Write 82.3 Mixed 31.9 94% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.24 55% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 113%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 28GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 275 Write 132 Mixed 156 215% 188 MB/s	4K Read 6.25 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.75 81% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 30.8 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

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