Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '21 at 04:09
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 53.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 71% 135 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 540 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.58% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 7.6 5% 6.87 fps	MRender 6.4 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 0.3 3% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 197 208 258 204 209 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.5% Average	Read 256 Write 110 Mixed 112 SusWrite 220 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 14 59% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 21.1 16% 22 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 303GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 121 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 120 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMWX8GD3000C16W4D 1x8GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 9.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,702x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
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	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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