Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	127% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 10:35
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 300 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 581 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 424 398 360 340 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 342 Mixed 395 SusWrite 402 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63 214% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 120GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 402 391 397 396 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 492 Write 406 Mixed 289 SusWrite 396 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 29.6 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 157 127% 184 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 86%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 246 246 246 244 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 489 Write 259 Mixed 258 SusWrite 248 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 15.8 112% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 22.8 67% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 78 77 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 95.5 Write 91 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 77.1 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 126GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 94 Write 93 Mixed 76 SusWrite 69.4 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 29.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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