Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	114% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 18:47
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 871 84% 690 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% 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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 95% 111 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 217 208 202 199 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 464 SusWrite 218 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.5 206% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 202 Write 129 Mixed 124 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 21.7 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 68.4 64% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 48%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 164GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 309 109 126 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 894 Write 557 Mixed 582 SusWrite 221 125% 563 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 52.7 198% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 317 264% 373 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 157%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 295GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1867 843 579 580 579 580 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1975 Write 1,761 Mixed 912 SusWrite 838 306% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 61.8 231% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 1225 DQ Mixed 859 727% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 89%

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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	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16