Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	202% 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 (16%). 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	26.6 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 16:05
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 as expected (46^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 672 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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	56.7% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 71.2 57% 73.7 fps	MRender 44.8 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 60.4 56% 68 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 56.7% 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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,509 Write 1,077 Mixed 1,127 275% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 30.5 188% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 540 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 207 228% 387 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 202% 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 80629040 (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 99066 (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 46 39 25233841979446 (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 54 61 90194313270 (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 48082158878744 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5032408151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23616887
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 78710192 (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 1699148 (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 40 32 37019333230652 (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 60 68 90194313276 (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 139440408231960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5034312687 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24631050
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 80457936 (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 113663 (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 41 34 34979206922299 (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 59 66 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 -56272661512168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5035701861 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25717082
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 82574048 (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 112751 (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 48 43 11597287129140 (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 52 57 90194313268 (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 -118025701294056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5036122963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26826563
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	73.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 104%

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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	3,754x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,455x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,160x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	773x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	330x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16