Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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	101% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). 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	40.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 00:44
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 685 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB; TUF-RTX3070-8G-GAMING CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 235 Reflection 218 Parallax 211 192% 221 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 161 Splatting 142 135% 169 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 418 414 385 382 393 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 386 Mixed 327 SusWrite 388 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 40.8 142% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 291 234% 330 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 139%
Nvme INTEL MEMPEK1W01 14GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 10GB free Firmware: K311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 129 130 130 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 644 Write 134 Mixed 216 SusWrite 129 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 34.4 69% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 235 220% 356 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 243%
WD Gold 1TB (2016)-$50 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 747GB free Firmware: RR04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 135 134 134 133 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 114 Write 198 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 136 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 357% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2300, 2300, 2300, 2300 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 117%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,690x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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