Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.68% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	130% 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	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.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 08:30
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 718 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7988 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.09 6% 9.37 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 17 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 379 263 265 263 263 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1514 Write 1,071 Mixed 394 SusWrite 265 179% 811 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 57 154% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 89.9 64% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 277%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 140GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 456 420 294 294 295 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 404 Mixed 405 SusWrite 362 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.6 183% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 150 95% 105 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RGX2-16G3000A 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 25.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,742x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,454x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,159x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	821x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	771x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16