Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	164% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 14:33
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 651 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 199 Parallax 174 145% 184 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 2,267 Write 437 Mixed 720 246% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 22.7 146% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 22.3 36% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 332%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 174 (A3) Unknown 100 100 46 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18001 (A5) Unknown 100 100 71 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 98073 (F2) Unknown 100 100 131249 (F5) Unknown 100 100 144008	66.1% Good	Read 498 Write 256 Mixed 270 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 20 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 12.7 18% 33 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 826GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2797 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 331 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1393 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864511511 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 44 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 97.3 Mixed 93.2 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 605GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 143237635 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3051940 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 61 370278422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 455 (C2) HDA temperature 22 16 68719476758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 143237635 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27041114095223 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2544257578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1706488392	95.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 153 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2800C14D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX KHX2666C13D4/8GX 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.9 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 29.7 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 95%

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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	3,726x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,447x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	873x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	328x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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