Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 06:40
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (86^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 755 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 94 86% 103 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 98.2 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 211 116 95 81 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 447 Write 279 Mixed 331 SusWrite 130 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 40.9 148% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 200 172% 251 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 102%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 687GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 89 88 87 88 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 19.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 86.6 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 57%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE641 4TB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 152 151 152 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 165 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 152 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%
Samsung Type-C 128GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 51GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 48 45 46 48 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 61.7 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 46.9 116% 103 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 11.8 1,163% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 22 DQ Mixed 13.3 1,273% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Silicon-Power SP008GXLZU320BSA 2x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 28.6 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 30.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 111%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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