Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	268% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 510 66% 500 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 67 Parallax 85.5 47% 69.9 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 54 48% 60 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 307 306 301 299 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,424 Write 1,462 Mixed 984 SusWrite 356 288% 1,306 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 90.5 306% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 1,490 DQ Mixed 1,005 824% 1,156 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 280%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 171 171 175 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 109 SusWrite 172 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 103GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 104 100 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 95.5 Write 97.5 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 102 69% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 76%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 399GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 101 103 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.8 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 103 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 76%
USB Flash Disk 1GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 2168 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 8.9 9 9.1 9.3 9.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.68% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 8.7 Mixed 8.9 SusWrite 9.1 12% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 45% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 6%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 12 12 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	6.42% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 9.9 Mixed 10.9 SusWrite 11.3 15% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 31% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.42% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,766x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,458x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	630x

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	378x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	775x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	332x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359