Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.9% 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 Drive	359% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '20 at 18:12
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 773 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.2 86% 107 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1720 1855 1670 1546 1539 1546 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,454 Write 2,164 Mixed 1,699 SusWrite 1,646 447% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 95.8 321% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,446 DQ Write 1,258 DQ Mixed 1,342 1,009% 1,349 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 155 156 156 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 438 Mixed 371 SusWrite 189 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 62.3 222% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 351 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
WDC WDS250G2B0B 250GB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 233GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 468 474 477 479 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 23.3 Mixed 196 SusWrite 470 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 55.9 204% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 274 227% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 104%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 152 153 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 143 Mixed 103 SusWrite 152 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 106%

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,441x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16