Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 03:15
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 69.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 658 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 33.1 30% 36.5 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 34 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 99 94 88 84 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	45% Average	Read 146 Write 112 Mixed 126 SusWrite 92.7 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 22.9 91% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 100 83% 119 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 78 79 82 86 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 62 SusWrite 80.6 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 190 187 193 191 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 188 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 192 108% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 8.4 11 11 9.7 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20% Poor	Read 108 Write 20.7 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 10 34% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 10.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 109%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
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	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

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) $35	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