Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 10:40
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 175 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 403 51% 387 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 71.8 67% 78.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 78 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: R042 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 59 34 15 37 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 312 Write 262 Mixed 202 SusWrite 56.2 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 12 78% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 72.8 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 21.2 67% 137 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 81%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 129GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 98 99 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 86 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 98.8 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 278GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 177 170 176 176 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 123 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.9 356% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 7,847 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 13.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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