Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.1% 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	153% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 290 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 846 90% 716 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.8 79% 101 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 284 254 233 216 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 528 Mixed 436 SusWrite 293 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 61.2 245% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 844 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 767 573% 764 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 61GB free Firmware: N1114H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 427 Mixed 298 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.5 159% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 198 172% 253 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 111%
Transcend TS512GSSD370S 500GB 57GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 9,610 Write 7,392 Mixed 7,981 1,852% 8,328 MB/s	4K Read 852 4K Write 345 4K Mixed 423 2,016% 540 MB/s	DQ Read 1,988 DQ Write 1,376 DQ Mixed 1,403 1,123% 1,589 MB/s

Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 109GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 130 135 135 133 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 63 SusWrite 134 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
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	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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