Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	84.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '20 at 01:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 688 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 186 Parallax 185 139% 181 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 164 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 312 320 318 312 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 498 Write 324 Mixed 250 SusWrite 317 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 21.4 125% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 64.4 83% 147 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%
Maxtor Z1 SSD 480GB 2,800 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 212GB free Firmware: STKSD010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 37 34 39 34 33 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 382 Write 388 Mixed 363 SusWrite 91.6 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 38.1 144% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 190 170% 254 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 300GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 102 106 110 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 61.3 Write 67.6 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 106 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 64%
TOSHIBA MK5075GSX 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 139GB free, PID 022e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 48 48 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	22% Poor	Read 45.9 Write 46.2 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 48.6 59% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 G.SKILL F4-3600C16-8GTZSW DDR4 3000 G.SKILL F4-3600C16-8GTZSW 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16