Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall 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!
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 14:37
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 654 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 74.6 62% 75.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 853 Write 1,058 Mixed 970 216% 961 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 60.9 219% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 409 302% 406 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 237%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 480 447 484 486 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 72.4 Mixed 89 SusWrite 468 182% 252 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 1.5 840% 7 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 307%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905678-023.A00G G.SKILL F4-2400C15-16GVR 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2187, 2187 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.6% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 51%

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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	3,700x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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