Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% 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	115% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 16:06
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$379 486,187 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 101% 179 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 779 84% 655 Pts	64-Core 784 53% 784 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 799,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 88% 116 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 113 Splatting 106 91% 111 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$140 696,417 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 170 92 75 70 62 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 395 SusWrite 155 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.3 222% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$167 229,960 User benchmarks, average bench 323% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2484 2233 1526 1550 1544 1554 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 2,648 Write 2,440 Mixed 1,800 SusWrite 1,815 488% 2,176 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 98.5 329% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,626 DQ Write 1,429 DQ Mixed 1,497 1,130% 1,517 MB/s
Poor: 244% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 375%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$70 233,337 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 105GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 61 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 104 Write 98.6 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 60.9 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$77 217,586 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 29.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 486,187 samples	5,035x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 83%, 180,072 samples	1,906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $299Bench 83%, 504,930 samples	944x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	1,732x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 799,418 samples	1,399x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples	1,180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 772,089 samples	624x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples	576x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 389,170 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	1,092x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	453x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 51,379 samples	192x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,041

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16