Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 08:05
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 702 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 112 98% 121 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 117 Splatting 100 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,027 Write 850 Mixed 657 187% 845 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 54.9 225% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 995 722% 942 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$87 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 272GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 462 461 466 465 463 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 462 Mixed 326 SusWrite 463 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 29.3 114% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 246 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 120%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 2GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6025 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 12 Write 3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.3 6% 5.65 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.9 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 29 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 109%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,729x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,448x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

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	817x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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