Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 01:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 232 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 657 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

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: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 68.2 65% 75.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 72.3 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 948 Write 144 Mixed 222 94% 438 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 30.5 106% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 68.2 86% 164 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 185%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 95 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 101 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 94.4 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 849GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 162 164 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 158 Mixed 106 SusWrite 163 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 172 172 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 128 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 171 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 29.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,699x
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	766x
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 $295	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