Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	86.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 06:32
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 432 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 111 98% 121 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 116 Splatting 99 83% 102 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 245 228 247 243 223 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 402 Write 439 Mixed 356 SusWrite 241 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 35.9 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 322 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 148 142 138 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 139 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.8 464% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 28 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 106%

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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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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,754x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,455x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,160x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	773x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	330x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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