Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	200% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 12:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 814 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 33 Parallax 30 28% 32.4 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 30.9 27% 32.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,870 Write 1,053 Mixed 1,148 299% 1,357 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 25.5 195% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 58.5 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 27.2 43% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 55GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9810 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C2) HDA temperature 62 47 227634511910	69.4% Good	Read 497 Write 263 Mixed 217 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 5.94 84% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 7.13 64% 155 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 143GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 130 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 35 135 (BC) Unknown 100 52 107 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 773783588 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7280 (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	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 99.5 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 661GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 78.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 82.6 104% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 13.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 62%

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,441x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16