Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 18:08
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 809 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3308) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 92% 111 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 434 439 446 67 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 345 Mixed 402 SusWrite 318 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 49.2 180% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 154 139% 204 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 771GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 98 96 95 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 89.3 Write 90 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 94.8 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 271GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 73 72 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 83.8 Write 71.8 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 72.5 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 28 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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	765x
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 $300	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