Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	274% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 23:12
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 608 81% 606 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366); RX 580 Nitro+ CLim: 1440 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 98.4 65% 84.4 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 59.7 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1308 307 309 306 308 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,491 Write 1475 Mixed 1342 SusWrite 474 320% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 84.9 295% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 1,488 DQ Mixed 993 818% 1,149 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 280%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 529GB free Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 139 139 140 134 144 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 33.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,757x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,456x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	628x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,161x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	877x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	376x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	775x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	330x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $811

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16