Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	172% 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 (100%). 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	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 03:05
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$62 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 114 47% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 263 30% 232 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.2 40% 45.3 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 223 202 193 186 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,243 Write 848 Mixed 556 SusWrite 243 160% 723 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 56.2 197% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,337 DQ Write 749 DQ Mixed 871 694% 986 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 140GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 422 361 250 249 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 330 Write 417 Mixed 310 SusWrite 305 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 26 86% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 324 242% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%
HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 304GB free Firmware: S0212B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 405 425 437 436 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 416 Write 386 Mixed 372 SusWrite 407 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 27.3 112% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 55.9 110% 219 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 501GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 177 179 178 178 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 147 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 176 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 90GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 58 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 64.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 58.5 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 65GB free Firmware: SM15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 79 79 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 27.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 79.2 36% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 325% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 64%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$9 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 7GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 21 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 94.8 Write 34.7 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 15.1 57% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.6 222% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 31%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 114GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 48 36 39 37 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 134 Write 55 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 42.8 92% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.6 171% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 37%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 7GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 60 57 61 60 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 130 Write 1.5 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 57 52% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.7 114% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 250GB 1,629 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 46GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 61 61 63 35 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 126 Write 46.7 Mixed 69 SusWrite 49.3 87% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.7 126% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 9.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 85%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,730x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,449x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	619x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	874x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	770x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16