Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	133% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 23:53
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 215 89% 151 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 704 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 96% 112 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.4 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 414 432 443 462 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 477 Mixed 407 SusWrite 446 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 64.8 223% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 165 167 168 166 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 141 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 165 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 926GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 129 129 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 67 SusWrite 130 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%
WD WD1600BEVS-22UST0 160GB 6,043 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 149GB free Firmware: 13.01A13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 63 62 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 63 Write 61 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 62.9 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 34%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 250GB 1,357 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 233GB free Firmware: PB2AC60T SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 80.7 Write 79 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 81.6 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 136 132 137 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 135 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.7 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 27.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 107%

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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	3,695x
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	1,146x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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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 $15	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