Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1750 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 00:45
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 826 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 141 Parallax 135 98% 132 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 110 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 129 150 163 154 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 307 Write 170 Mixed 227 SusWrite 149 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 28.4 139% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 125 121% 192 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 349GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 103 103 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 92.4 Mixed 57 SusWrite 102 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27.3 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 29.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 104%

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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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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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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 $15	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