Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	262% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 08:57
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 220 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 669 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 194 Parallax 181 136% 181 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 186 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 329 328 328 327 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,448 Write 1465 Mixed 1311 SusWrite 367 309% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 87.2 302% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,192 DQ Mixed 1,009 782% 1,061 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 670GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 860 871 874 873 872 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 870 Mixed 646 SusWrite 870 189% 839 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.4 203% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 651 DQ Mixed 502 395% 539 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 320GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 220 217 222 223 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 215 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 220 127% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 131%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 838GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 95.2 Mixed 37.5 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 57%
UFD USB Flash Drive 32GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 10GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 31 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 26.5 35% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.2 69% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 22.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16