Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime22.2 Days
Run DateApr 05 '20 at 07:01
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 112
2-Core 239
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 633
65% 523 Pts
64-Core 692
43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.74
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 176
Parallax 173
136% 172 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 167
Splatting 118
109% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,898
Write 1,469
Mixed 719
300% 1362 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 64.2
232% 84 MB/s
DQ Read 1357
DQ Write 869
DQ Mixed 925
740% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34
127GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 175 178 175 178 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Read 112
Write 89.5
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 175
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 112%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 106 116 112 92 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 175
Write 168
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 97.6
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
94.6% Outstanding
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 31.1
96% 33.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 36.6
SC Mixed 29.2
79% 27.7 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 94.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,320 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: $684
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