Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 14:38
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 292 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 580 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.76 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 17 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 178 156 150 189 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 305 Write 236 Mixed 254 SusWrite 168 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.4 152% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 162 130% 180 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 83%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 59GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 38 117 128 114 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 441 Write 350 Mixed 180 SusWrite 122 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 11.6 68% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 14.5 36% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 900GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 181 178 181 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 153 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 181 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 451GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 83 84 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 82 Write 63.6 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 83.6 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 64GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 40 38 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 49.1 Write 40.3 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 38.1 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 109% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 358GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 105 103 106 110 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 63 Write 91.3 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 107 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 580GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 84.4 Write 87.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 83.1 104% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 45%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 93.7 Write 95.7 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 95.1 122% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 35.1 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 32.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%

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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