Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics12.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive211% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171225
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 21:59
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User IRN-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 113
2-Core 205
80% 137 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 505
54% 432 Pts
64-Core 538
33% 538 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290
XFX(1682 3127) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Relative performance (0th percentile)
12.4% Very poor
Lighting 16.5
Reflection 13.7
Parallax 17.8
13% 16 fps
MRender 7.7
Gravity 16.2
Splatting 13.7
10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 12.4%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74
815GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1180 1275 1252 1158 1147 1155 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
211% Outstanding
Read 1,126
Write 1,037
Mixed 1,066
SusWrite 1,194
250% 1,106 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 55.1
187% 69.8 MB/s
DQ Read 907
DQ Write 688
DQ Mixed 822
608% 806 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 211%
Great: 347%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
927GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 118 117 117 116 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 116
Write 107
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 116
73% 99.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
MC Read 31.8
MC Write 32.9
MC Mixed 27.4
88% 30.7 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 22.9
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 58.6
68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $685
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