Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.4% 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	327% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 15:14
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 163 2-Core 310 105% 190 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 895 91% 736 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 123 Parallax 106 98% 117 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1553 1168 798 798 798 801 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,328 Write 2,167 Mixed 1,703 SusWrite 986 402% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 71.6 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 101 339% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,654 DQ Write 1,411 DQ Mixed 1,504 1,135% 1,523 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 355%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 234GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 601 601 604 604 602 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 863 Mixed 671 SusWrite 630 176% 783 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67 225% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 705 534% 718 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 313%
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$320 1,236 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 375GB free Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1250 1048 1018 1267 1205 1122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,016 Write 1,060 Mixed 753 SusWrite 1,152 225% 995 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54 184% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 774 DQ Mixed 623 544% 815 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 209%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 596GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 180 179 176 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 144 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 176 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 28.8 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 33.3 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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