Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	243% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '21 at 13:45
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 100% 185 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 614 84% 622 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.02 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 19.9 16% 19.2 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 16 16% 20.4 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 626 611 632 602 635 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,394 Write 2,051 Mixed 1,258 SusWrite 624 352% 1,582 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 67.5 216% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,742 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 296 377% 722 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 340%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 416 419 446 425 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 477 Write 430 Mixed 344 SusWrite 420 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 27.7 96% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 202 160% 230 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 184 179 180 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 162 Mixed 105 SusWrite 182 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,708x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,440x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,149x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16