Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	205% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 539 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 94% 114 fps	Gravity 96.8 Splatting 93.4 84% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,318 Write 1,104 Mixed 1,286 345% 1,569 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 22.4 143% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 22.9 35% 63 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 204%
WD WD7500BPKT-22PK4T0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 450GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764085 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1243 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569282077 (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 0	91.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 156 Mixed 157 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 103%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 29 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,761x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,457x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	630x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,161x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	877x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	377x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $73Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	775x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	331x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $814

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