Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 519 65% 493 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 99 Splatting 96.3 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 519GB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 99 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51579912805 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1074 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 107 107 41 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1090 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1090 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 227634511918 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.3% Below average	Read 77.1 Write 60 Mixed 64.8 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.22 57% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1966 (C2) HDA temperature 107 102 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	53.8% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 93.1 Mixed 87.7 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 76%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 82GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9766 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.7 Mixed 111 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 72%
Multiple Card Reader 8GB 1,430 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 5.56 Mixed 5.44 9% 8.17 MB/s	4K Read 2.57 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 10% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 5,442 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 46%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	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	340x
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	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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