Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 120% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% 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	199% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 13:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$293 295,422 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87% Excellent	SC Int 129 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 141 110% 138 Pts	QC Int 372 QC Float 405 QC Mixed 393 88% 390 Pts	MC Int 600 MC Float 784 MC Mixed 652 101% 679 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$528 476,055 User benchmarks, average bench 120% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.23 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 470 Reflection 385 Parallax 434 141% 429 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 452 Splatting 275 142% 325 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 138%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$97 137,051 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 952 481 279 273 267 272 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,141 Write 879 Mixed 504 SusWrite 421 164% 736 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 60.4 228% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,400 DQ Write 1,194 DQ Mixed 908 786% 1,167 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$300 64,026 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 222GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 384 393 372 377 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 331 Mixed 313 SusWrite 381 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 54.1 175% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 136%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,021,312 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 552GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 92 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 91.1 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 33.1 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 29.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $359Bench 96%, 285,559 samples	8,348x
Core i5-7600KIntel $238Bench 90%, 100,693 samples	3,584x
Core i7-7700Intel $323Bench 84%, 91,920 samples	764x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $380Bench 98%, 551,545 samples	3,036x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 476,055 samples	2,508x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 71%, 567,650 samples	2,051x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 106%, 421,994 samples	1,764x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $99Bench 112%, 318,788 samples	1,465x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $97Bench 200%, 137,051 samples	1,180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 87%, 187,893 samples	2,323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $85Bench 92%, 84,434 samples	868x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $116Bench 87%, 21,771 samples	424x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,070

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $345	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $112	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12