Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 676 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	2.6% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 0.88 4% 6.57 fps	MRender 0.24 Gravity 0.23 Splatting 1.04 0% 0.5 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 2.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 185 219 207 196 192 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 426 Mixed 282 SusWrite 218 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.9 171% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 141 125% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 100GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 408 444 473 481 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 437 Mixed 383 SusWrite 452 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.4 225% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 403 439 274 135 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 428 Mixed 375 SusWrite 304 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 41.2 155% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 302 222% 287 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 175 198 199 195 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 150 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 193 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 82%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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	3,696x
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 $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	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