Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.3% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '19 at 23:37
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 269 98% 174 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 779 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 76% 101 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 91 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 124 124 123 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 344 Write 132 Mixed 164 SusWrite 119 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.1 152% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 106 89% 130 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 79%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 67GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 127 128 128 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 406 Mixed 349 SusWrite 167 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.9 197% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 325 254% 350 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 172 174 174 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 173 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 136 138 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 113 Write 136 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 137 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 92%
Patriot Memory 127GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 118GB free, PID 6000, Patriot 128GB Supersonic Rage 2 Series USB 3.0 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 273 Write 198 Mixed 141 242% 204 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 104% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 28 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 29.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 117%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	325x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16