Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 373 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 114% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A 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 1463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 36 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 53576 (A5) Unknown 100 100 166 (A6) Unknown 100 100 65 (A7) Unknown 100 100 106 (94) Unknown 100 100 81361 (95) Unknown 100 100 2414 (96) Unknown 100 100 2214 (97) Unknown 100 100 2392 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 267 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 51 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 186810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 158805 (F5) Unknown 100 100 428608	70.9% Very good	Read 512 Write 220 Mixed 274 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 16.5 103% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 15.6 53% 112 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47833872 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4482520 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 705626153 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 267 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 60129542185 (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 -33973191310694 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4092747776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41003984393	97.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 143 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 196GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 651 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 40 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 122 Mixed 121 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 90.1 Write 11.6 Mixed 16.8 35% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.56 69% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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 $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