Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 16:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 319 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 628 81% 614 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76 Parallax 66.8 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 70.5 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 307 308 309 306 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 482 Mixed 414 SusWrite 308 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.8 212% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 109GB free Firmware: CS900112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 145 71 73 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 449 Write 271 Mixed 348 SusWrite 128 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 34.1 145% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 190 176% 270 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 810GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 178 177 177 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 96 SusWrite 177 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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 $95Bench 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