Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	292% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 04:22
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 740 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 189 Parallax 190 145% 185 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1678 1725 1715 1690 1705 1718 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 1,221 Write 1,701 Mixed 1,181 SusWrite 1,705 329% 1452 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 85.7 309% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 1,208 DQ Mixed 921 714% 959 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 305%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 110GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 208 214 211 211 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 338 Mixed 354 SusWrite 227 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.8 163% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 210 184% 271 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 637GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 76 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 172 Write 94.6 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 77.3 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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	1,146x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

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	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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