Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 16:37
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 266 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 767 71% 595 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 141 112% 142 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 189 196 200 190 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 428 Write 252 Mixed 230 SusWrite 191 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 26.1 100% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 125 108% 165 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 126GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 226 216 220 214 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 416 Write 238 Mixed 166 SusWrite 223 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 25.8 124% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 58.6 104% 209 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Series 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 559GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 467 478 478 475 476 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 492 Write 470 Mixed 448 SusWrite 464 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.3 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 922GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 94 97 94 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 62.2 Write 83.5 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 94 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 195% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 454GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 139 139 138 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 182 Mixed 69 SusWrite 138 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

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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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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