Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	45.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 12:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 113 2-Core 208 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 440 52% 403 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 91.6 84% 102 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 90 102 88 102 94 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.9% Average	Read 189 Write 97.5 Mixed 139 SusWrite 96.4 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 22.8 88% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 105 84% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 79%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 113GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 336 398 374 317 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 288 Write 281 Mixed 298 SusWrite 345 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 39.9 140% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 152 150 138 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 143 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 108%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.4 3.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 4 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 5.5 7% 6.07 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 103%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

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 $15	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