Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	166% 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	93.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 16:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 307 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 829 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3825 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 231 Reflection 223 Parallax 225 188% 226 fps	MRender 283 Gravity 222 Splatting 145 169% 216 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCM-256M3S 256GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: WRS1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 294 368 366 297 369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 368 Mixed 275 SusWrite 342 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 38 137% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 185 164% 247 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 74GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,422 Write 2,285 Mixed 1,547 464% 2,085 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 86.8 314% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,644 DQ Write 1,516 DQ Mixed 1,508 1,151% 1,556 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 83GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 85 85 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 87.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 85.1 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 70%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 483GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 91 90 92 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 83.3 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 90.9 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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