Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	198% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 22:39
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 501 69% 510 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 69.5 66% 77.1 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 73.4 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 293 303 302 302 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,854 Write 996 Mixed 674 SusWrite 391 216% 979 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 45.8 209% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 999 DQ Mixed 709 576% 805 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 223%
Samsung HM100UI 1TB-$47 906 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 38GB free Firmware: 2AM10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 88 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 66 Write 20.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 89.7 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 131 124 117 129 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 64 SusWrite 123 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 144 145 148 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 146 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 28.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
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	864x
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	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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