Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 02:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 572 78% 578 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97% 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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 73.2 62% 75.3 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 71 Splatting 72 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 134 134 134 134 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 423 Write 375 Mixed 260 SusWrite 144 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 21.8 119% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 1 59% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 318GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 398 383 383 382 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 392 Mixed 357 SusWrite 391 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.8 183% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 288 235% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 32GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 23 22 21 22 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 139 Write 32.3 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 21 52% 53 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2.3 124% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.5% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 91%

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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	3,697x
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