Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.4% 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	246% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 22:57
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 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 (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 499 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 38.6 30% 39.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 28 28% 35 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 832 852 616 616 614 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 1326 Mixed 1,175 SusWrite 689 265% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 89.4 296% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 1,100 829% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 121GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 235 235 326 326 329 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 489 Mixed 367 SusWrite 272 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.4 199% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 334 257% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 508 509 509 508 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 82% Great: 137%
Intel X25-M 120GB 1,606 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 54GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 99 107 106 111 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 255 Write 115 Mixed 141 SusWrite 102 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 11.7 81% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 85.3 76% 117 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 42GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 175 181 183 180 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 459 Write 174 Mixed 210 SusWrite 173 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.8 169% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 174 135% 186 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 212GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 487 488 488 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 465 SusWrite 487 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.7 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 106%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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