Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics87% 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 Drive234% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161208
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 19 '20 at 20:42
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (85th 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 way above expectations (94th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 90.4
1-Core 144
2-Core 271
93% 168 Pts
4-Core 497
8-Core 765
78% 631 Pts
64-Core 779
48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 115
Parallax 109
90% 111 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 99.4
Splatting 101
81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1291 538 531 512 493 508 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
234% Outstanding
Read 1,375
Write 1,611
Mixed 1,532
SusWrite 646
291% 1,291 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 228
4K Mixed 84.7
305% 121 MB/s
DQ Read 658
DQ Write 1,388
DQ Mixed 1,014
774% 1020 MB/s
Poor: 109%
This bench: 234%
Great: 275%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
110GB free
Firmware: Z32080RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 112 79 77 77 77 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Read 479
Write 406
Mixed 370
SusWrite 120
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 23.1
136% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 31.8
82% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25
451GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 88 132 138 146 152 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Read 185
Write 130
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 127
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
44.2% Average
MC Read 15.6
MC Write 14.9
MC Mixed 12.6
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 15.4
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 44.2%
Great: 47%

 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $670
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