Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	455% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	30.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 11:31
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 747 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 106% 132 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$189 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 45 46 47 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	455% Outstanding	Read 5,387 Write 57.1 Mixed 112 SusWrite 45.8 291% 1,400 MB/s	4K Read 585 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 6.5 897% 198 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 455% Great: 337%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 161GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 323 336 352 357 359 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 380 Write 453 Mixed 306 SusWrite 349 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 23.7 101% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 205 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 121%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 60GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 157 155 158 151 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 333 Write 328 Mixed 283 SusWrite 172 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 27.8 131% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 48.8 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 314 289 287 269 252 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 462 Mixed 400 SusWrite 297 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.4 180% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 229 186% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 312 311 313 313 312 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 460 Mixed 379 SusWrite 322 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 52.3 182% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 183 158% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 32GB 2667, 2133, 2667, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
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	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16