Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.7% 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	230% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 02:24
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 572 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.7% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 62.7 37% 57.7 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 54.3 45% 55.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,562 Write 991 Mixed 1,179 345% 1,577 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 26.4 194% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 62.1 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 227 182% 242 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB-$86 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 0GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (A5) Unknown 100 100 327683 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 90 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 503 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 69 296353988636 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43 (F1) Unknown 253 253 41 (F2) Unknown 253 253 27 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 501 Write 349 Mixed 343 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 13.5 89% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 12.4 81% 191 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 107%
USB Flash Disk 32GB 2,373 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 23GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 35 Mixed 21.3 38% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.77 75% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30.5 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,440x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16