Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	346% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 18:51
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$242 712,312 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)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 286 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 794 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 68.1 61% 74.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 76.5 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$207 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1422 2052 2115 2148 1591 1373 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 2,551 Write 2,095 Mixed 261 SusWrite 1,784 372% 1,673 MB/s	4K Read 70.3 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 97.8 346% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 69.7 DQ Write 1,215 DQ Mixed 212 293% 499 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 379%
Samsung SSD 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 559GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 494 494 494 493 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 468 Mixed 423 SusWrite 492 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.3 230% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 125 139% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 139%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: MKAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 87 87 88 80 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 83.5 Write 130 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 81.7 56% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 101%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
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	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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