Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.4%, 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 15:14
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 260 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 766 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 161 Parallax 158 139% 163 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 142 Splatting 107 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 81 89 98 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 263 Write 125 Mixed 179 SusWrite 89.3 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 32.6 116% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 105 79% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 73%
Drveo X1 SSD 480GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 101GB free Firmware: O1225L SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 398 398 397 399 403 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 394 Mixed 320 SusWrite 398 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 35.6 118% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 201 161% 226 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 102%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 235GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2200 640 602 601 602 601 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,372 Write 2,225 Mixed 1,566 SusWrite 874 393% 1,759 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 67.4 223% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,569 DQ Write 1,444 DQ Mixed 1,461 1,109% 1,491 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 398GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 147 147 148 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 138 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 146 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 85%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,722x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,446x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	871x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	344x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	328x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16