Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.85% 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	152% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 08:20
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 730 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7988 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.72 7% 9.66 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 246 248 263 262 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,332 Write 1,043 Mixed 122 SusWrite 260 152% 689 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 66.7 229% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 448 DQ Write 97.1 DQ Mixed 159 146% 235 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 277%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 140GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 460 398 294 296 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 452 Mixed 423 SusWrite 367 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.5 187% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 149 129% 197 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,729x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,448x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	874x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	769x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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