Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% 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 (51%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 09:03
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 268 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 696 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% PowerColor(148C 2391) CLim: 1576 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 99.7 63% 85.5 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 64.2 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 653GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 217 43 61 234 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 438 Write 318 Mixed 275 SusWrite 163 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 14.4 68% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 29.6 39% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 58%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 55GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 81 82 79 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 245 Write 84.5 Mixed 110 SusWrite 80.8 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 11.3 79% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 87.4 76% 115 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 125GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 206 209 173 139 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 478 Write 445 Mixed 236 SusWrite 196 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 31.9 118% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 247 208% 305 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 91GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 142 139 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 399 Write 162 Mixed 210 SusWrite 141 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 44.6 162% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 192 145% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 112 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 112 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

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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 $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