Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '20 at 02:07
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 639 82% 621 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 158 Parallax 138 118% 147 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 754 712 738 737 737 738 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,230 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,118 SusWrite 736 244% 1,083 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 74.8 275% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 1,269 DQ Mixed 1,070 836% 1,140 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 228%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 665GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 383 436 402 104 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 401 Mixed 354 SusWrite 288 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 46 167% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 226 197% 291 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 207 204 202 200 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 202 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 203 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 849GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 102 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 104 126% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 34.1 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 31.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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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	3,704x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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