Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	320% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 779 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% 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 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 84% 106 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 87.6 75% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2263 599 609 607 608 609 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,602 Write 2,311 Mixed 1,333 SusWrite 882 397% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 69.7 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 98 333% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,402 DQ Write 1,258 DQ Mixed 1,298 982% 1,319 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 367 323 325 325 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 489 Mixed 388 SusWrite 359 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.5 210% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 348 265% 358 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: 487 489 489 184 83 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 481 Mixed 357 SusWrite 302 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.3 166% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 176 178% 290 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 903GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 95 93 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 132 Write 128 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 93.9 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 427GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 68 SusWrite 110 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 382GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 78 81 80 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 89 Write 87.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 80.5 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 137 138 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 137 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.3% 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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.2 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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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