Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	89.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 08:14
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 273 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 799 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 204 Parallax 200 151% 197 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 190 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 376 267 147 149 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 440 Write 443 Mixed 381 SusWrite 253 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.5 148% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 257 188% 242 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 20GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 59 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 69 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 59.9 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 121 Write 102 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 113 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 67%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 434GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 82 89 89 90 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 76.4 Write 77.4 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 87.4 100% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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