Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.7% 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	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '21 at 23:02
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G3900-$25 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 91 2-Core 175 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 182 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 83% 107 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 305 315 344 340 336 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 421 Write 341 Mixed 240 SusWrite 304 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 13.3 101% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 88.6 108% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 71GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 164 75 84 77 79 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 383 Write 359 Mixed 332 SusWrite 114 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 18 95% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 32.5 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 580GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 177 178 179 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 148 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 178 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 1x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16