Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	203% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 01:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 249 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 682 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 124 Parallax 131 108% 129 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 118 Splatting 107 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 324 322 327 326 325 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,160 Write 1,053 Mixed 879 SusWrite 363 193% 864 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 84.7 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 1,095 DQ Mixed 1,008 766% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 78GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 413 474 479 479 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 456 Mixed 346 SusWrite 431 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.1 169% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 167 173% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 116%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 223GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 112 Write 128 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 106 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 242GB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 206 205 212 210 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 218 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 206 129% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 155 155 154 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 146 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 153 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 24.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,685x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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