Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	201% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 01:12
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 634 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 124 Parallax 124 103% 125 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 116 Splatting 106 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000L1 128GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L1QCXB7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 166 167 166 165 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1745 Write 760 Mixed 646 SusWrite 185 183% 834 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 77.4 270% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 888 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 721 568% 790 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 213%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 71GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 58 56 56 56 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 415 Mixed 368 SusWrite 94.5 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.7 169% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 240 196% 277 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 91%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 43GB free Firmware: 5.8.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 122 117 115 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 408 Write 144 Mixed 190 SusWrite 119 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.2 159% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 134 106% 148 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 127 Write 113 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 114 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2Z2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2Z2400C16 32GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 22 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 84%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $94Bench 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	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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