Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	299% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 21:49
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 269 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 727 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 207 Parallax 182 153% 192 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,669 Write 1,720 Mixed 1,823 458% 2,070 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 58.7 253% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 53.3 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 228 180% 237 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 180GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9757 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 372 (B1) Unknown 97 1 165 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32814386158	111% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 508 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 25.8 154% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 151 160% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110300 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,300 Write 285 Mixed 471 148% 685 MB/s	4K Read 227 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 126 578% 163 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 268 186% 234 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 328%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193073392 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6317261 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (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 66 57 605487138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14295 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 73014444066 (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 -102538049221901 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3328120937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83739724897	96.3% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 155 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.12 43% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3200820AS 200GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 184GB free Firmware: 3.AHG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 92807767 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4835 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 639828006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 58 5933628 (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 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.3% Average	Read 70.8 Write 69.5 Mixed 69.4 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.36 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 41%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 97GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 126 Write 37.7 Mixed 50 75% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.57 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.46 63% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 29.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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