Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.8% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 16:45
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 805 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1767 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.1 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.7 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 25.2 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5655 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1852 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 31 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15498076162	96.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 337 Mixed 352 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 27.2 144% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 84.7 122% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 156GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225291528 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 49 1662192951421 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70111 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128999342738107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15266205379 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26331311929	77.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 140 Mixed 147 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 146GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77457679 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106328028 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 23 77457679 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 665719954354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1620657282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3612482273	50% Average	Read 87.6 Write 86.4 Mixed 68.9 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.49 99% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36032793 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 156369725 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5435 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032857 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 18 36032793 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129544803552874 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2451459130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1058867849	40.4% Average	Read 76.1 Write 64.4 Mixed 77.5 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101905486 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 250597644 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4342 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521535519 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 101905486 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -18154826736391 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3990216586 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3552317132	38.9% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 68.9 Mixed 65.3 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.59 123% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.8 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 130%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,702x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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