Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88% 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	49.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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 @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '19 at 06:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 168 2-Core 336 108% 200 Pts	4-Core 645 8-Core 626 85% 635 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 89% 110 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5A SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 46 108 81 18 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 451 Write 401 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 111 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 1 44% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 1.2 79% 187 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 100%
Intenso Sata III 240GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 79GB free Firmware: 5AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 54 53 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 354 Mixed 355 SusWrite 82.4 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 51.1 178% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 249 204% 291 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 337GB free Firmware: 1U SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 97 Write 96.7 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 98.7 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 57%

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,747x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,455x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,159x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	821x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	330x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $827

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16