Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	203% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 233 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 864 77% 649 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 82% 107 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 102 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 911 964 992 901 858 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,797 Write 1,100 Mixed 1076 SusWrite 920 273% 1,223 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 47.8 155% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 253 272% 480 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 299GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 393 414 419 434 430 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 476 Write 470 Mixed 386 SusWrite 410 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 56.5 189% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 359 266% 352 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 123%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 746GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 339GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 384 369 423 340 392 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 466 Mixed 369 SusWrite 381 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 50.5 177% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 130%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 65 61 171 190 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 77.3 Write 114 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 127 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.5 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 106%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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