Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive171% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime10.8 Days
Run DateApr 22 '19 at 10:33
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 83.7
1-Core 133
2-Core 265
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 494
65% 486 Pts
64-Core 439
27% 439 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 147
Parallax 137
110% 140 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 123
Splatting 110
95% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 173 171 168 168 166 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
171% Outstanding
Read 1,789
Write 1,152
Mixed 458
SusWrite 211
198% 902 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 52.4
207% 80.3 MB/s
DQ Read 48.6
DQ Write 992
DQ Mixed 64.9
186% 368 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 171%
Great: 236%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB
130GB free
Firmware: EXT08D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 255 253 255 256 256 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Read 471
Write 258
Mixed 214
SusWrite 253
66% 299 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 97.5
4K Mixed 33.3
145% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 255
DQ Mixed 60.8
92% 171 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 90%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199
106GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 413 408 94 63 72 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 438
Mixed 403
SusWrite 224
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 56.8
182% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 247
210% 304 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 104%
Great: 126%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.8% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 17
53% 18.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 16.2
SC Mixed 15.8
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 73.9
54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 52.8%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,320 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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