Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 03:27
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 239 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 615 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 98 Parallax 85.1 80% 93.6 fps	MRender 85.5 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 87.6 71% 86.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 910 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 443 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1476 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2708 (F1) Unknown 100 100 50278973161 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25973925112	46.6% Average	Read 453 Write 266 Mixed 337 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 9.61 4K Mixed 5.85 39% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 9.64 DQ Mixed 5.84 8% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 345GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 119 119 12897484994 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12505 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210453987363 (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 200 200 1	68.2% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 298GB free Firmware: GM3OA57A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 82 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 100 158 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25791037760 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2735 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5850 (C2) HDA temperature 162 117 219043856421 (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 200 199 124	44.2% Average	Read 77.3 Write 76.5 Mixed 77.3 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.47 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 46%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 175GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 42.3 Write 42.4 Mixed 34.5 51% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.49 65% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 18.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 104%

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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 $67Bench 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