Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	340% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 04:51
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 770 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 194 Parallax 192 142% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1574 1654 1677 1609 1576 1599 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 1,696 Mixed 842 SusWrite 1,615 373% 1,675 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 74.6 281% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,291 DQ Write 1,132 DQ Mixed 870 746% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 353%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 477GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 406GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 132 117 113 126 151 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.4% Good	Read 104 Write 164 Mixed 141 SusWrite 132 31% 135 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 33.6 146% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 124 103% 149 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 476GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1678 1761 1899 1860 1830 1827 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2,578 Write 1565 Mixed 1,047 SusWrite 1,809 390% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 79.3 288% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,324 DQ Write 1367 DQ Mixed 1,132 910% 1,274 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 10,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32.6 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 32.2 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 154%

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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 $178	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