Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 00:20
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 270 84% 158 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 495 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 72.5 61% 74.1 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 73.1 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 309 308 284 289 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 477 Mixed 399 SusWrite 294 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 55.5 187% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: CS900112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 132 73 72 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 483 Write 356 Mixed 340 SusWrite 129 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 32.3 139% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 187 175% 270 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 810GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 179 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 160 Mixed 109 SusWrite 177 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 14 14 17 14 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 110 Write 53.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 21.8 72% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 93% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 101%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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