Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 11:51
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 646 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 110% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 71 25 69 60 45 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 454 Write 339 Mixed 321 SusWrite 78.9 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 39.5 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 106 116% 199 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 602GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 446 458 461 459 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 450 Mixed 441 SusWrite 443 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 54.5 182% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 260GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 446 458 462 459 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 457 Mixed 448 SusWrite 417 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 52.9 180% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 132%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 678GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 168 166 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 168 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 317GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 151 152 152 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 151 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 113%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 177 174 176 174 174 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 100 Write 144 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 173 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 224% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 110%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 14.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 15.1 26% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3 197% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 38%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $95Bench 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 $179	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