Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	111% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	57.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 08:17
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 247 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 776 71% 595 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 173 144% 180 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 171 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 399 401 374 422 463 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 439 Mixed 430 SusWrite 402 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.7 180% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 290 207% 256 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 135GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 325 327 322 326 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 346 Mixed 288 SusWrite 323 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.3 156% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 165 166% 268 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 209 211 208 209 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 129 Mixed 81 SusWrite 209 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 139 140 140 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 85.5 Write 122 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 137 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 206% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 90%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 278GB free, PID 0731 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 96 96 98 97 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	Read 100 Write 108 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 97.1 128% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 78% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 129%

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

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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	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

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 $95Bench 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	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

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) $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