Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 155% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	156% 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	230% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 868 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 221 Parallax 231 176% 223 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 216 Splatting 135 158% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 326 325 326 323 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,112 Write 1526 Mixed 552 SusWrite 366 251% 1,139 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 46.5 245% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 1,271 DQ Mixed 846 721% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 372GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 828 810 811 825 817 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 67% Great: 104%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 650 391 278 91 91 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 45% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 28.3 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 31.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

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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	3,687x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

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	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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