Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 13:03
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$230 712,312 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 (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 241 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 698 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 149 108% 143 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 140 Splatting 122 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 130 34 108 120 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 416 Mixed 930 SusWrite 132 94% 409 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 67.4 254% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 97.4 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 780 432% 400 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 273%
Team L5 LITE SSD 240GB 893 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 147GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 59 59 59 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 508 Write 430 Mixed 380 SusWrite 80.4 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 21.1 128% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 24.7 70% 143 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 104%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 612GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 116 115 117 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 99.9 Write 96.1 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 114 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 84%
ADATA HD650 1TB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 254GB free, PID a35a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 102 Write 111 Mixed 37 SusWrite 80.2 109% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACI22E5 VX229

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16