Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	168% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 22:55
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 217 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 352 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.2% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 74.9 44% 62.5 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 43.5 42% 53.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 222 209 196 233 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,210 Write 1,105 Mixed 942 SusWrite 256 196% 878 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 62.4 202% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 1,046 748% 969 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 340%
ST10000NM001G-2MW103 10TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 6TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 208 208 203 202 209 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.5% Below average	Read 204 Write 173 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 205 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 1.5 39% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 9 DQ Write 7.1 DQ Mixed 1.3 3% 5.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 56%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 317GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 298 273 268 262 269 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 450 Write 394 Mixed 317 SusWrite 286 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 30 100% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 229 201% 303 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 239GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 399 365 305 334 330 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 368 Write 435 Mixed 337 SusWrite 356 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 32.2 111% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 338 253% 337 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 972GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 110 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 109 Mixed 102 SusWrite 111 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 220 220 211 212 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-16GVK CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 20.4 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 69%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,719x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	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