Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	258% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 17:16
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^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-$170 195,006 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 (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 273 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 534 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 91.2 60% 78.2 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 58.4 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 1207 583 587 591 597 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 1,792 Mixed 764 SusWrite 738 297% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 62.2 257% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 1,428 DQ Mixed 1,105 865% 1176 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 192 193 195 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 184 Mixed 83 SusWrite 194 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.5 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 102%

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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 $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,765x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,457x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	630x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,161x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	877x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	378x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	775x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	331x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $804

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369