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 (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	207% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 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 18:16
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$113 342,244 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)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 556 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 96% 113 fps	Gravity 104 Splatting 103 91% 103 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)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,240 Write 1,028 Mixed 1,382 341% 1,550 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 24.1 149% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 23.7 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 207% 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 way above expectations (86^th 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	97.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 171 Mixed 164 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.7% 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 (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 28.9 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,740x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,452x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,159x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	771x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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