Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171225
Uptime32.1 Days
Run DateJan 24 '20 at 15:05
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 116
2-Core 222
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 610
62% 499 Pts
64-Core 628
39% 628 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Asus(1043 86A8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73% Very good
Lighting 93.1
Reflection 86.5
Parallax 77.1
76% 85.6 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 79.9
Splatting 74.4
67% 83.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 73%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 73 75 71 82 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
37.8% Below average
Read 306
Write 42.2
Mixed 136
SusWrite 74.6
30% 140 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 10.4
73% 18 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 37.8%
Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
381GB free
Firmware: CC63
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 112 113 111 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 107
Write 70.7
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 111
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 112%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB
29GB free, PID 0302, Verbatim 32GB
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.6 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
5.38% Terrible
Read 18.5
Write 14.2
Mixed 15.5
SusWrite 7.7
18% 14 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.38%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
81.5% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.4
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 30.3
SC Mixed 24.7
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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