Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% 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 Drive	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 20:34
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 729 66% 557 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 101% 130 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW256G8 256GB 4,898 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 270 262 264 266 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 450 Mixed 450 SusWrite 269 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 67.2 221% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 250 209% 299 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 113%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 68GB free Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 384 362 73 56 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 374 Write 351 Mixed 315 SusWrite 206 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 35.8 139% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 75.1 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 114 99% 142 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 293GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 60 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 60 Write 59 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 62.5 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 68%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 104 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 102 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.7 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 98.4 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 26 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 26.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 101%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,714x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	615x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16