Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 15:07
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 785 84% 669 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 110 91% 114 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 175 113 136 116 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 491 Write 335 Mixed 244 SusWrite 137 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 38.6 131% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 236 200% 295 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 100%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 77GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 59 101 146 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 461 Write 346 Mixed 297 SusWrite 134 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 19.2 76% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 35.4 44% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 55%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 72GB free Firmware: GG2OA920 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 65 64 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 63 Write 5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 65.2 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 58%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 85GB free Firmware: AM0Q5E SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 75 74 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 73.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 74.5 45% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 135 143 144 143 145 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 81.2 Write 111 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 142 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 199% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 688GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 131 133 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 131 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 16GB 1,979 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 4.2 6.5 7.3 7.1 6.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 18.5 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 6.3 19% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 94% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.7 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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