Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 19:52
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 194 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 338 52% 376 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 68.4 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 75.5 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,198 Write 991 Mixed 935 232% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 84.6 288% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,426 DQ Mixed 1,010 817% 1137 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 74GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 128 142 136 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 416 Write 177 Mixed 196 SusWrite 147 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 10.8 106% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 27.2 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 86%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 407GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 92 Write 85.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 87.5 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 24GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 133 133 128 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 111 Write 99 Mixed 26 SusWrite 130 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 189 185 192 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 148 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 186 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 247% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 109%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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