Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.6% 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	88.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 04:00
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 526 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.8 80% 100 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 96.9 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1225 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 296 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 60 58 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9888935199	88.8% Excellent	Read 502 Write 403 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 25.2 124% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 28.5 61% 117 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83521440 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56399475 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (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 67 61 622657569 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14570 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 34359738401 (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 -107614700567208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33139238981 (F2) Unknown 100 253 262582705349	97.4% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 155 Mixed 165 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 923GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A 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 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 91 (03) Spinup time 121 100 25790447929 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 66 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1201 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 98 98 196607 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 2229308 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 505806882 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1925 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1925 (C2) HDA temperature 176 125 210454052898 (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	78.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 129 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.42 105% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 879GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 65 93693834 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 523819 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18554258719586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (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 69 67 538771487 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5107 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 38654705695 (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 -46875273068311 (F1) Unknown 100 253 153836152 (F2) Unknown 100 253 428155155 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64.9% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 71.3 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 5.68 4K Mixed 0.4 201% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 71%
Hitachi HCS5C1025CLA382 250GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 224GB free Firmware: JC1OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12896567472 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1136 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 276 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1136 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 154619478049 (C4) Reallocation count 95 95 276 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 30GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 90.4 Write 33.9 Mixed 36.3 58% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 4.01 4K Mixed 2.56 263% 5.74 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 33.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% 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