Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	262% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 16:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 514 66% 500 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 137 Parallax 138 112% 138 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 123 Splatting 99.6 103% 131 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 898GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1095 1351 1550 1685 1695 1480 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,638 Write 1,662 Mixed 910 SusWrite 1,476 320% 1,421 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 62.8 202% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 948 DQ Write 1,016 DQ Mixed 649 580% 871 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 202GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 393 440 454 455 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 450 Mixed 388 SusWrite 424 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 69.5 233% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 178 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 192 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 177 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 22 13 12 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 144 Write 40.4 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 22.6 72% 66 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.8 156% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 27.9 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,684x
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	239x

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 $131	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