Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive87.6% 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.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161011
Uptime14.9 Days
Run DateNov 11 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 247
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 634
64% 518 Pts
64-Core 603
37% 603 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 144
Parallax 121
107% 132 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 126
Splatting 106
94% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 168 198 209 204 170 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Read 466
Write 308
Mixed 272
SusWrite 198
69% 311 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 99.5
4K Mixed 32.5
141% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 253
208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
929GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 139 139 140 139 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 145
Mixed 85
SusWrite 138
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
201% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90
792GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 164 164 163 161 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 149
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 163
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Apacer 78.CAGPW.ARC0B 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
61.9% Good
MC Read 24
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 20.4
66% 22.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 16.5
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 81.3
49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 61.9%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,362 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $656
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HDDRAMUSB
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Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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