Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	195% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 646 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 211 Parallax 200 160% 202 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 187 Splatting 128 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1007 550 309 311 290 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,292 Write 1,069 Mixed 488 SusWrite 462 184% 828 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 54.9 213% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 1,199 DQ Mixed 799 695% 1,025 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3160215SCE 160GB-$20 2,184 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 148GB free Firmware: 3.ACG SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 73 73 65 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 70.5 Write 52 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 70.8 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 42%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 812GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 161 158 160 150 154 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 143 Write 147 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 156 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 403GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 90 91 85 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 69.5 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 89.4 88% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 590GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 132 132 120 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 137 Write 143 Mixed 20 SusWrite 129 140% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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	762x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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