Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.1% 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 Drive	294% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	44.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 14:57
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 804 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 80 Reflection 161 Parallax 137 65% 126 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 150 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2156 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 94% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 108 Splatting 110 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1228 1196 1345 1175 1216 1315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 1,939 Write 1,380 Mixed 631 SusWrite 1,246 289% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 76.2 279% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,354 DQ Write 1,118 DQ Mixed 999 813% 1,157 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 292%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 151GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 101 99 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 117 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 98.8 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 114%
Intenso External USB 3.0 1TB 1,890 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 681GB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 177 173 172 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 181 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 173 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE16G4D30AEEA.K16FB BLS16G4D30BESB.16FD BLE16G4D30AEEA.K16FB 48GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2900, 2900, 2900 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 29.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%

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

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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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $45	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