Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	302% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$230 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 800 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1133) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2134 684 605 609 612 610 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2485 Write 2,194 Mixed 1,351 SusWrite 876 385% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.9 310% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,245 DQ Write 1139 DQ Mixed 1,181 889% 1,188 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 371 329 329 329 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 450 Mixed 330 SusWrite 361 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.2 212% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 347 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 38GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 470 326 132 96 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 442 Mixed 332 SusWrite 264 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.6 170% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 178 179% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 903GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 95 95 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 95.6 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 427GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 107 109 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 109 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 382GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 82 80 80 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 87.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 80.1 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 136 135 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 136 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $94Bench 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	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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