Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	279% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 04:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 103% 191 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 588 79% 591 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6572 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 426 378 535 541 541 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,444 Write 1,498 Mixed 1,291 SusWrite 543 320% 1,444 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 93.8 309% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1264 DQ Write 1,042 DQ Mixed 1,109 843% 1,139 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 293%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 137 135 135 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 162 Mixed 110 SusWrite 135 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 148 Write 111 Mixed 71.7 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 201 202 201 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 151 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 200 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 46GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 55 Write 54.7 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 52.4 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,687x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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) $35	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