Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 10:21
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 480 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 155 Parallax 131 116% 143 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 137 Splatting 115 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 494 478 455 433 423 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,474 Write 1,311 Mixed 1,183 SusWrite 470 248% 1,110 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 84.2 283% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,584 DQ Write 1,392 DQ Mixed 1,429 1,088% 1,468 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 340%
ST10000NM001G-2MW103 10TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 6TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 212 217 215 214 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.1% Below average	Read 215 Write 212 Mixed 106 SusWrite 214 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 1.2 50% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 4.9 DQ Write 2.9 DQ Mixed 2.3 2% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 56%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 322GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 412 287 265 274 273 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 426 Write 460 Mixed 312 SusWrite 318 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 36.1 119% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 244 210% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 222GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 469 476 473 461 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 470 Mixed 383 SusWrite 465 98% 431 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 39.8 154% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 340 255% 340 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 972GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 110 112 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 129 Write 111 Mixed 87 SusWrite 111 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 93.1 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 212 223 221 223 225 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-16GVK CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 69%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,722x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16