Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 13:25
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 754 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8476 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.72 7% 9.61 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1341 Write 998 Mixed 130 180% 823 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 65.1 225% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 156 145% 234 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 277%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 455 388 287 288 288 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 448 Mixed 417 SusWrite 362 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.3 167% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 128%
Hitachi HTS541050A9E680 500GB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: JA6OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 84.7 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 89.3 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RGX2-16G3000A 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 91%

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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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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	3,716x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	325x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16