Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	82.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 23:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 (97^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 236 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 674 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 118 Parallax 132 99% 124 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 109 Splatting 97.2 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 177 157 156 153 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 384 Write 455 Mixed 269 SusWrite 187 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 39.1 152% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 135 120% 185 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 457 455 474 474 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 474 Mixed 387 SusWrite 454 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.4 207% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 453 248 154 154 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 474 Mixed 392 SusWrite 268 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.9 145% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 294 216% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 198 198 201 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 139 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 198 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.7% 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,687x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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