Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	190% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	16.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 02:54
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 793 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB; MSI Duke CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 208 Parallax 184 147% 191 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 186 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% 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% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 313 312 312 311 310 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,205 Write 1,044 Mixed 542 SusWrite 359 175% 787 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 55 227% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,151 DQ Mixed 1,054 820% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 236%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 212GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 288 288 289 289 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 287 Mixed 280 SusWrite 287 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 41.5 159% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 178 162% 246 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 96%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 150 151 150 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 460 Mixed 389 SusWrite 184 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 65.3 233% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 152GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 83 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 86.2 Write 83.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 83.9 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 188 187 188 189 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 186 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 4x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 120%

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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	3,690x
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	863x
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	158x

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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