Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive284% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateOct 12 '19 at 09:34
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$110
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 110
2-Core 217
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 415
56% 420 Pts
64-Core 419
26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
5.01% Terrible
Lighting 6.77
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 6.59
6% 7.85 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 0.13
4% 5.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.01%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
296GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1905 1119 597 597 595 595 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
284% Outstanding
Read 3,026
Write 2,072
Mixed 757
SusWrite 901
373% 1,689 MB/s
4K Read 54.1
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 53.5
222% 81 MB/s
DQ Read 1,140
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 803
627% 876 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 284%
Great: 313%
Toshiba A100 120GB
58GB free
Firmware: SBFA10.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 168 97 97 97 97 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Read 473
Write 317
Mixed 360
SusWrite 127
71% 319 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 90.9
4K Mixed 38
156% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 210
189% 285 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.7% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 21.6
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 26.2
SC Mixed 21.7
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,306 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $693
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