Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 08:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 50.9 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 178 54% 101 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 672 61% 511 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 117 Parallax 121 82% 113 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 83.3 Splatting 39.6 53% 67.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 192 133 30 97 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 434 Write 427 Mixed 323 SusWrite 131 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 32.1 110% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 252 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 434GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 125 128 128 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 92.7 Write 85.3 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 127 60% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 361% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 338GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 126 Write 110 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 114 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.5% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 7.1 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 157 25% 157 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
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	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	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	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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