Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	233% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 801 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2663) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 32.3 21% 27.9 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 26.3 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 270GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 246 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2151 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12737 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 53966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1767 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 119301 (F2) Unknown 100 100 129416 (F5) Unknown 100 100 203792	96.9% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 422 Mixed 466 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 34.6 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 17.3 85% 192 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 209GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 59 (A3) Unknown 100 100 32 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25369 (A5) Unknown 100 100 61 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 70345 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 225474 (F2) Unknown 100 100 193723 (F5) Unknown 100 100 405904	99.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 419 Mixed 469 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 33.3 135% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 17 84% 189 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,425 Write 1,188 Mixed 1,350 364% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 33.8 137% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 224 245% 413 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54499960 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1304347 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 111670984734 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 868 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 6 54499960 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76806900157120 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2917346943 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1012610091	74% Very good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 125 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 28 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%

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

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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	3,714x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	615x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16