Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	720 x 1280 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 14:07
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$87 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 391 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 186 Parallax 189 140% 182 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 120 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD128HAFV-000 128GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 39 39 39 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 223GB free Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 170 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 420 Write 121 Mixed 253 SusWrite 117 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 18.6 74% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 42.9 49% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 53%
PNY CS900 120GB-$15 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 239 130 81 80 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 438 Write 192 Mixed 307 SusWrite 142 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 37.4 145% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 183 159% 234 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 444GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 108 117% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%

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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	3,724x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,446x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,153x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	872x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	345x
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 $39Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $39	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