Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 14:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$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 below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 655 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3776) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 24.8 23% 26.9 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 38.6 36% 45.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 275 266 251 235 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 773 Mixed 408 SusWrite 295 135% 606 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 40.6 159% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,105 DQ Write 954 DQ Mixed 620 576% 893 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 236%
SanDisk X110 64GB-$25 656 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 136 141 133 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 338 Write 136 Mixed 157 SusWrite 133 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 20.8 96% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 116 112% 181 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 168 163 166 167 165 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 165 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 99 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 101 123% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 88%

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

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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 $90Bench 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