Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive37.7% 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 29 '20 at 04:08
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 95.1
1-Core 134
2-Core 201
85% 143 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 723
71% 584 Pts
64-Core 736
46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 132
Parallax 115
101% 124 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 123
Splatting 103
87% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 101%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.8% Terrible
Lighting 8
Reflection 11.4
Parallax 9.22
6% 9.55 fps
MRender 12.6
Gravity 7.37
Splatting 16.3
10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.8%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
NT-128 128GB
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T180910
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 38 25 17 53 29 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
37.7% Below average
Read 400
Write 32.3
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 31.4
27% 128 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 10.3
60% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 88.1
DQ Write 22.5
DQ Mixed 40
33% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 92%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB
454GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 137 137 140 142 143 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Read 162
Write 157
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 140
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 30
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 22.6
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 22.5
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 56.9
70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,311 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: $685
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