Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	175% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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-$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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 775 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 112% 134 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 204 227 269 239 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,232 Write 1,042 Mixed 529 SusWrite 285 171% 772 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 50.8 218% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1049 DQ Write 851 DQ Mixed 730 606% 877 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 85GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 463 280 253 253 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 480 Mixed 388 SusWrite 326 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.1 158% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 326 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 527GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 135 135 135 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 134 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 104%

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

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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	762x
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