Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 264 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 695 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 112 101% 123 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 484 Mixed 366 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.3 202% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 112%
PNY SSD2SC120G1CS1754D117-551 120GB 2,096 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 43GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 286 287 288 288 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 290 Mixed 265 SusWrite 286 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40 150% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 179 161% 243 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 64 112 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 481 Write 248 Mixed 340 SusWrite 99 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.5 154% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 181 164% 245 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 229GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 127 127 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 126 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 34,252 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 27.7 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 30.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

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

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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