Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	65.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 18:44
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 200 84% 141 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 671 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 184 Parallax 187 136% 180 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 121 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK256TBN 256GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 153 88 108 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 415 Write 187 Mixed 159 SusWrite 120 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 23 119% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 114 94% 136 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 94%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2413 2230 1559 1570 1563 1568 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,543 Write 2,370 Mixed 1,864 SusWrite 1,817 483% 2,149 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 94.2 318% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1351 DQ Write 1,186 DQ Mixed 1,266 950% 1,268 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 410%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 99 98 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 73.8 Write 106 Mixed 29 SusWrite 99.3 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 401% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 177 177 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 176 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%

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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	3,714x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	615x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16