Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 123%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 106%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics136% 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 Drive93.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 06 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Memory 97.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 710
70% 575 Pts
64-Core 714
44% 714 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Lighting 193
Reflection 199
Parallax 180
157% 190 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 190
Splatting 129
121% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 136%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 281 339 331 342 231 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Read 389
Write 328
Mixed 320
SusWrite 305
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 46
157% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 284
200% 254 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 140%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
233GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 256 289 289 289 290 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 434
Mixed 392
SusWrite 301
91% 408 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 64.5
220% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 358
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 123%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
192GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 114 113 114 112 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Read 156
Write 146
Mixed 89
SusWrite 112
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 41.2
MC Mixed 28.7
104% 36.4 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 44.7
SC Mixed 31.9
94% 32.9 GB/s
Latency 49.7
80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 104%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,320 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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