Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	138% 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 19:31
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 156 2-Core 264 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 880 85% 699 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 79.8 69% 84.8 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 78 Splatting 69.8 61% 75.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 786GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 476 487 492 492 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 484 Mixed 422 SusWrite 466 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 70.5 235% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 137%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 1.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 127 125 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 364 Write 152 Mixed 195 SusWrite 124 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 40.2 171% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 160 122% 166 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 316 313 312 313 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 452 Mixed 387 SusWrite 320 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.2 229% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
WD WD1500GLFS-01F8U0 150GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 140GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 115 115 115 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 75 SusWrite 113 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$65 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3111 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 26.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 111%

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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	3,705x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $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 $40	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