Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 793 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 65.6 60% 71 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 61.9 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30989 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 336 (B1) Unknown 88 88 143 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19969461248	72.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 134 Mixed 147 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 11 122% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 28.5 74% 163 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7897 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 259 (A9) Unknown 100 100 391 (AB) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 135 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 62 43 184684576806 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1074 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 35608 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21780 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8823 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90% Excellent	Read 517 Write 296 Mixed 355 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 18 137% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 17.8 82% 187 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 402GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 125 125 227791 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.5% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 106 Mixed 97.5 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 67%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.9% 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 $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 $182	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