Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (76%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 63 1-Core 58 2-Core 133 49% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 508 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 123 Parallax 102 91% 112 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 109 Splatting 95.9 80% 98 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 296 294 270 288 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 231 Write 198 Mixed 301 SusWrite 286 58% 254 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 24.4 86% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 243 214% 321 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 129%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 180 171 177 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 175 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.4 353% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 172GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 137 137 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 124 Mixed 70 SusWrite 136 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 142 138 143 140 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 42 Write 46.3 Mixed 46 SusWrite 140 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 9.7 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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