Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	83.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 15:54
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 150 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 734 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 194 Parallax 200 144% 190 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 316 314 319 317 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 368 Write 257 Mixed 210 SusWrite 314 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 32.1 115% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 204 184% 280 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 839 882 893 909 900 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 197 196 198 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 217 Mixed 105 SusWrite 198 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
IS817 innostor 4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 3.1 1.1 3.5 4.1 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 3.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 3.3 10% 9.43 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 16% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 28.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 29.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,704x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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