Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	134% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 874 95% 751 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 207 Parallax 183 154% 193 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 508 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 103 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 86%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 930GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23811963 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 29 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1366402282775 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 70 201866543179 (BD) vendor-specific 45 45 55 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 31 23811963 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 184 6178	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.4 Mixed 87 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 930GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1114 (03) Spinup time 113 103 7341 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 635771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 1 1 627493 (C0) Power-off retract count 1 1 627349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34135 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 33 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 84 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 9437 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 55	55.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 88.6 Mixed 102 75% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 281GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 111 101 7450 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8492 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34309 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 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 200 137 5436 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 121	51.5% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 90.2 Mixed 69.9 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 29.6 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 33.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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