Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% 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	80.9% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 17:34
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 208 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 689 59% 508 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 60.6 Parallax 86.3 0% 49 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 45.2 46% 58.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 105GB free Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 179 696 346 628 275 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,731 Write 959 Mixed 837 SusWrite 523 224% 1,013 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 43.3 165% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 587 490% 694 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 372%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 165 170 98 139 117 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 424 Write 135 Mixed 267 SusWrite 144 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 39.9 129% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 245 207% 303 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 205 205 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 166 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 204 106% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 435GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 78 78 79 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 76.7 Write 75.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 77.3 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 19.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 71%

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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	3,717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

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 $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	325x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16