Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.87% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 21:14
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$170 588,978 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 (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 739 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.72 7% 9.63 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% 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 1,325 Write 995 Mixed 396 199% 905 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 36.5 122% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 91 76% 112 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: 463 455 407 296 296 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 452 Mixed 420 SusWrite 369 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 45.3 168% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 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 88 90 90 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 86.3 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 89.2 54% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.3% 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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 27.5 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,736x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,452x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	875x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	771x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $814

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16