Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	107% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 03:08
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 221 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 405 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.9 82% 101 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 95.2 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 377 400 163 269 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 526 Mixed 581 SusWrite 290 117% 524 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 34.4 128% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 456 357% 489 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 144%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 254GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 816 974 1101 1150 584 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,190 Write 1,127 Mixed 872 SusWrite 774 222% 991 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.9 191% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 751 DQ Mixed 271 326% 563 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. DDR4 3000 2x8GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 100%

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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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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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