Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	205% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 15:53
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 780 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 57.6 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 58.6 47% 60.3 fps	MRender 44.6 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 59.5 53% 64.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 808GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,503 Write 1,073 Mixed 1,108 272% 1,228 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 47.9 202% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 412 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 108 166% 312 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 7.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 61743800 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 81799 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 47 39 25233841979445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 53 61 90194313269 (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 113206747987992 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5022537567 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15345793
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 7.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 61634304 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1682204 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (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 41 32 36602704625723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 135 (C2) HDA temperature 59 68 90194313275 (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 -65773129170920 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5024337771 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16324188
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 7.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 62768624 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 96521 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 42 34 34575463219258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 58 66 90194313274 (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 18305150615576 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5025675993 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17354202
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 7.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 64894952 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 94236 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (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 49 43 11597270351923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 51 57 90194313267 (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 -40441412059112 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5026151639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18368771
Poor: 63% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 104%

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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 $550	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