Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

5 months ago, 5 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%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-6600K-$189 219,764 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75% Very good	1-Core 112 2-Core 224 79% 168 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 422 58% 423 Pts	64-Core 377 25% 377 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$330 614,460 User benchmarks, average bench 105% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 414 Reflection 372 Parallax 389 109% 392 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 412 Splatting 247 109% 299 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$25 15,167 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 44 48 47 40 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 48,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 169 172 174 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$69 133,348 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 304GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 115 114 113 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,259 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 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	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: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 341,238 samples	10,801x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 83%, 128,494 samples	4,589x
Core i7-6700KIntel $285Bench 80%, 367,183 samples	1,210x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 705,740 samples	3,969x
GTX 1080Nvidia $330Bench 105%, 614,460 samples	3,194x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 57%, 746,202 samples	2,646x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 546,937 samples	2,177x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples	1,776x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 203%, 156,948 samples	1,349x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 276,679 samples	2,916x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 86%, 178,898 samples	1,083x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $154Bench 83%, 30,081 samples	511x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,023

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14