Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 776 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 76 Parallax 64.9 64% 73.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 72.1 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD30EZRX-22D8PB0 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5867 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 672 (B1) Unknown 96 96 82 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31965951146	133% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 502 Mixed 508 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.9 214% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 124 158% 281 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 452GB free Firmware: CC1F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94516119 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 433579747 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4084 (B8) Unknown 74 74 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 73015558295 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 896 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 756219945 (C2) HDA temperature 41 48 42949673001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 28 94516119 (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 -130794639030331 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4190585805 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4072280657	50.8% Above average	Read 82.6 Write 94.5 Mixed 85.3 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.41 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 66%
WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 1.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 434GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125902175 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 236403384 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3093 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 68720530266 (BD) vendor-specific 40 40 60 (BE) vendor-specific 59 40 1375128977449 (C2) HDA temperature 41 60 42949673001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 17 125902175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 4945 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116230404981381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2893817309 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3887297980	44.8% Average	Read 68.9 Write 87.1 Mixed 76.3 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 345GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 37 (C2) HDA temperature 110 106 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 132 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.34 123% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 80%
Seagate ST31000333AS 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 345GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 41 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 41 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 128 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.33 118% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 113%

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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	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	344x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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	328x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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