Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.6% 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	73.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 18:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 97.6 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 178 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 169 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.1 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$33 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 310 329 344 328 340 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 410 Write 325 Mixed 247 SusWrite 303 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 12.9 100% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 87.7 106% 182 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 65GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 96 80 86 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 378 Write 152 Mixed 136 SusWrite 84.1 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 16.8 86% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 31.3 46% 86.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 580GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 178 178 181 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 145 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 172 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% 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 (98^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 42%

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

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,734x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,451x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	621x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,156x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	875x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	771x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $814

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16