Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration	569 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 411 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 38.2 34% 37.2 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 37.2 31% 38 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 33%
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 8A9B) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.7 19% 20.4 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 17.3 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5895 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 926 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (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 56 54 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 603 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25817476605	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 408 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 40.8 158% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 112 134% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 100 100 886 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 646 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 112 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 75908 (A5) Unknown 100 100 122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 72 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 150 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 431 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 116185 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172942 (F2) Unknown 100 100 336888 (F5) Unknown 100 100 303632	79.7% Very good	Read 513 Write 178 Mixed 265 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 30.9 128% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 67.4 90% 165 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 597GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163837912 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8683465 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1452 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 68 163211247724 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 588906526 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30424 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14078902793870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14859486297 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84852285721	94.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 164 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
Wilk GOODRAM 64GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 36GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 3.33 Mixed 4.99 8% 8.63 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 4% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 5%
Lexar JumpDrive 8GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 6.17 Mixed 6.32 12% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.72 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.007 25% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 12.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 50%

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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 $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 $178	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