Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 00:54
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 810 76% 631 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 67.7 65% 75.6 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 71.6 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 512 Write 349 Mixed 339 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.3 160% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 237 194% 274 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 520GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 117 119 119 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 95 Write 96.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 118 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 197% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 109%
Adata SP550 5TB 907GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 135 136 135 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 144 Write 137 Mixed 52 SusWrite 135 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 253% 1.8 MB/s

WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 100GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 33.3 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 36.7 46% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 90GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 122 109 128 114 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 104 SusWrite 115 161% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%

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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