Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% 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	302% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 08:44
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 846 89% 711 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 212 Parallax 187 158% 198 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 186 Splatting 134 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ VT180 960GB-$230 91 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 484GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (AB) Unknown 100 100 248374608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1804 (F2) Unknown 100 100 720 (F9) Unknown 100 100 60876305	108% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 500 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 25.4 144% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 80 136% 264 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,437 Write 1,670 Mixed 1,874 442% 1,994 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 64.9 242% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 673 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 298 315% 521 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 353%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$233 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7TB free Firmware: SC60 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 83 65 197735298 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15910680 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123454539956842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 538509343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1063 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 103079215135 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 6 197735298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67100274065491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4583063324 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101334725
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 9150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 70 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 285 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 160 Mixed 150 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.22 115% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 425108 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7924546 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10419590661889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (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 71 61 521666589 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2930 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (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 111759344010016 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1372747204 (F2) Unknown 100 253 164269290	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 161 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 32GB-$66 250 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 23GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 120 Write 18.8 Mixed 25.3 50% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.02 11% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 106%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,356 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,715x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16