Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 00:41
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 531 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 152 Parallax 138 111% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 64 65 69 69 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 299 Write 124 Mixed 171 SusWrite 65.7 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.5 125% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 70.3 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 93.2 68% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 73%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 26GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 392 395 405 406 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 398 Write 384 Mixed 376 SusWrite 394 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 35.1 122% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 188 146% 201 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 288GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 101 103 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 102 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 102GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 34.4 46% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 46%
USB Flash Memory 4GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 4.7 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 5.5 7% 6.28 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 29.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 105%

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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	3,690x
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	863x
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	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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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 $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