Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 18:17
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$241 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 797 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 114% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 305 394 394 406 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 263 Mixed 279 SusWrite 382 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.6 172% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 163 160% 259 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 536GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 397 471 477 480 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 454 Mixed 438 SusWrite 454 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.3 216% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 398GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 397 471 477 480 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 452 Mixed 416 SusWrite 454 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 69.8 234% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 642GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 227 247 93 84 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 429 Write 357 Mixed 238 SusWrite 158 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 11.6 64% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 11.5 32% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 73,741 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 134%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
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	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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