Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% 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	108% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 04:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 813 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.3 83% 103 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 96 Splatting 102 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 380 415 426 436 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 412 Mixed 382 SusWrite 397 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.8 174% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 157 141% 207 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 80GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 47 87 73 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 428 Write 221 Mixed 293 SusWrite 83.4 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 19.5 83% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 42.3 47% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 775GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 160 159 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 166 Mixed 105 SusWrite 159 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 8GB-$6 2,874 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 6 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.9 10% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 106%

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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