Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.44% 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.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 22:54
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 693 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 121 Parallax 4.59 4% 43.4 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 1.67 Splatting 17.9 9% 9.77 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 5.44% 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: 353 256 248 221 221 201 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 385 Write 477 Mixed 273 SusWrite 250 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.5 171% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 143 125% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 100GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 429 451 472 480 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 385 SusWrite 454 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 67 227% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 426 446 467 475 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 147 Mixed 349 SusWrite 450 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.2 158% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 299 220% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 195 198 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 153 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 197 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 (73^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 82%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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