Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	53.9% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 20:32
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$187 286,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 422 58% 423 Pts	64-Core 377 25% 377 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 786,866 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 112% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 108% 119 fps
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$25 21,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 44 48 47 40 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 456 Write 370 Mixed 373 SusWrite 58.4 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 24.6 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 47.1 67% 121 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 84,076 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 169 172 174 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$52 188,589 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 304GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 115 114 113 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 105 SusWrite 113 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 3,150 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 505,701 samples	4,340x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 164,144 samples	1,680x
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	813x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	1,544x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	1,237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	1,024x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	563x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	522x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	275x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	969x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	398x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 86%, 177,643 samples	167x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,009

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16