Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics94.9% 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 Drive65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 11 '20 at 22:17
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97% Outstanding
Memory 96
1-Core 149
2-Core 298
100% 181 Pts
4-Core 565
8-Core 570
76% 568 Pts
64-Core 560
35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 97%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Asus(1043 868C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
94.9% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 117
Parallax 112
99% 117 fps
MRender 141
Gravity 103
Splatting 82.4
86% 109 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 94.9%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
3 120GB SSD 120GB
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0911B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 93 90 90 102 94 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
65.7% Good
Read 466
Write 333
Mixed 128
SusWrite 97.6
56% 256 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 12.5
118% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 39.3
68% 131 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 65.7%
Great: 91%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 172 169 172 169 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 165
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 170
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 39.1
MC Write 43.9
MC Mixed 31.7
109% 38.2 GB/s
SC Read 23.4
SC Write 44.7
SC Mixed 29
92% 32.4 GB/s
Latency 54
74% 54 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,310 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $685
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HDDRAMUSB
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