Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 210 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 601 56% 467 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 23 11% 22.2 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 28.5 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-256V2S 256GB 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3C87902 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 249 260 207 186 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 394 Write 259 Mixed 244 SusWrite 222 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 10.3 78% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 183 162% 243 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 33GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 63 63 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 73.8 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 61.2 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 60%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 269GB free Firmware: 00.0NS03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 90.8 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 76%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: NS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 142 140 144 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 142 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 89.8 45% 89.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 88%

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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 $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