Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 15:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 288 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 794 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 178 Parallax 160 136% 168 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 168 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$236 1,645 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 107GB free Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 763 686 515 307 318 317 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 790 Write 1,051 Mixed 790 SusWrite 484 176% 779 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 60 221% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 690 DQ Mixed 63.2 177% 366 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 184%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 408 446 420 421 400 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 491 Mixed 350 SusWrite 409 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 39.3 148% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 40.4 39% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 111%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 194 192 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 189 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 193 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 377 376 388 387 394 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 172 Mixed 29 SusWrite 380 135% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 236%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2ZB950 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 102 102 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 14.3 Write 64 Mixed 16 SusWrite 102 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 4x8GB 10,297 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2856 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 29.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 103%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,690x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
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	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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