Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 20:24
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	99%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 79.7 2-Core 163 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 517 51% 419 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 129 Parallax 121 85% 118 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 513GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 215 172 177 196 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 338 Write 260 Mixed 158 SusWrite 192 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 19.8 78% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 171 162% 257 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 108%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 4.9 57 105 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 363 Write 160 Mixed 145 SusWrite 82.3 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 13.7 51% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 36.2 41% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 445GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 119 119 120 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 89 Mixed 71 SusWrite 119 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 323GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 52 56 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 69 Write 92 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 56.2 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 169% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 4x8GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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