Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 27% Raft


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 15:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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-$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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 798 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 32 22% 27.7 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 25.5 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 630 591 370 332 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,926 Write 1,650 Mixed 617 SusWrite 498 260% 1,173 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 77.6 249% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,449 DQ Write 1,316 DQ Mixed 998 854% 1,255 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 427GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 86 91 88 91 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 126 Write 22.5 Mixed 71 SusWrite 88.9 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%
Samsung HE103UJ 1TB-$87 979 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 36GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 55 54 59 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 43.8 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 56.4 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 498GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 100 101 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 71 SusWrite 99 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 167% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 95%

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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	1,147x
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 $92Bench 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	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 $179	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