Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 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)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 268 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 811 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 98% 126 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 1002 803 868 705 798 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,311 Write 505 Mixed 847 SusWrite 841 195% 876 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 44.6 153% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 55.8 DQ Mixed 88.5 84% 139 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 295%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 93GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 237 207 228 222 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 304 Write 276 Mixed 267 SusWrite 228 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 24.5 92% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 104 86% 128 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 110 105 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 499 Write 110 Mixed 171 SusWrite 108 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 16.3 105% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 41.3 51% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 65%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 159GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 84 Write 75 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 64.2 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 212GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 79 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 65 SusWrite 78.6 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 68%

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 @ 2473 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	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	340x
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	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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