Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	241% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 11:06
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 762 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 188 Parallax 193 146% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 177 Splatting 116 112% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 290GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 962 1096 825 583 583 580 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,438 Write 1,158 Mixed 651 SusWrite 771 224% 1,005 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 60.6 230% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 976 769% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 638 611 603 602 597 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,574 Mixed 858 SusWrite 655 285% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 61.9 238% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,106 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 921 723% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 73GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 212 178 189 175 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 377 Write 250 Mixed 296 SusWrite 191 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 45.2 164% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 175 154% 233 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 117GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,435 Write 7,970 Mixed 8273 1,838% 8,226 MB/s	4K Read 547 4K Write 271 4K Mixed 355 1,427% 391 MB/s	DQ Read 1,418 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 1,106 861% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$170 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 383GB free Firmware: CCA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 113 112 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 80 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 111 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 162GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 41 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 63.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 40.6 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 29.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 98%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,722x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	344x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	328x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16