Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 08:52
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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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 i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 496 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 85% 107 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 258 259 258 260 260 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 455 SusWrite 254 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.1 192% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$80 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 1077 1033 974 1016 1014 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,164 Write 1,139 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 1,012 250% 1,110 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 72.1 248% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1060 DQ Write 956 DQ Mixed 955 731% 990 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 347%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 8GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

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

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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 $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,765x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,457x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	630x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,161x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	877x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	378x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	775x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	331x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $804

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369