Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 09:19
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 172 2-Core 344 110% 204 Pts	4-Core 674 8-Core 685 91% 680 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 1598 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 20.1 17% 19.7 fps	MRender 17.5 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 22.4 17% 20.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 643 Write 751 Mixed 680 155% 691 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 54.2 198% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 705 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 548 435% 609 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 141%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 13GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 177 186 196 197 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 435 Write 186 Mixed 218 SusWrite 191 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 14.4 120% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 30.2 50% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 72%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 291GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 659 195 195 195 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 962 Write 603 Mixed 514 SusWrite 272 130% 588 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.8 180% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 294 275% 415 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 182%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$21 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 390GB free Firmware: DEM9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 110 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 67 SusWrite 108 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 178 180 179 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 141 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 177 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3016 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 108%

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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	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

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 $95Bench 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	158x

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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