Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime12.7 Days
Run DateOct 23 '19 at 10:35
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 132
2-Core 272
91% 165 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 542
63% 487 Pts
64-Core 571
35% 571 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.8% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 121
Parallax 109
90% 114 fps
MRender 90
Gravity 115
Splatting 97.6
82% 101 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
467GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 34 58 106 102 112 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
50.9% Above average
Read 100
Write 128
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 76.7
70% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 50.9%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
471GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 138 138 140 139 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Read 146
Write 116
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 138
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
60.2% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 18.7
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 14.7
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,321 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $659
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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