Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 01:12
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 711 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.38 6% 9.24 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 112 98% 121 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 399 381 319 354 332 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 504 Write 480 Mixed 364 SusWrite 364 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.8 209% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 90% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 245GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 400 372 375 341 345 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 483 Mixed 409 SusWrite 372 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.6 217% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 418GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2034 1274 1271 1275 1278 1278 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,513 Write 2,354 Mixed 1,612 SusWrite 1,402 441% 1,970 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 89.4 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,443 DQ Write 1285 DQ Mixed 1,352 1,017% 1,360 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 812GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 50 49 47 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C15-8GTZR F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C15-8GTZR 32GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3001, 3001, 3001, 3001 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 30 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

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	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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