Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.1% 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	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 532 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 89%

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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.5 92% 109 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 66 63 56 59 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 479 Write 349 Mixed 156 SusWrite 85 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.6 147% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 102 107% 180 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 342GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 421 460 459 402 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 471 Mixed 448 SusWrite 425 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 59.2 204% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 294 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 924GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 159 160 160 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 159 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 143 143 143 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 143 174% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $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