Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	279% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 12:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$241 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 779 83% 661 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 119% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 331 331 330 330 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,521 Write 1472 Mixed 1,051 SusWrite 366 298% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 96.5 330% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,445 DQ Mixed 1,013 822% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 499GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 186 186 186 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 180 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 185 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 374GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 185 184 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 158 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 186 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 108%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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