Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '21 at 17:08
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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-$248 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 794 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 81% 105 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 100 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1228 960 662 663 662 666 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 1,020 Mixed 971 SusWrite 807 222% 990 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 89.9 302% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,478 DQ Write 1,151 DQ Mixed 1,280 967% 1,303 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 340%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 175 179 179 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 165 Mixed 20 SusWrite 178 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 771GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 165 167 167 167 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 156 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 149 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%
Apple iPod 2GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 0GB free, PID 120a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.8 4 3.8 4 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Read 4.5 Write 2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 3.7 4% 3.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD PNY 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD PNY 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2294, 2294, 2294, 2294 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 21.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%

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

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,748x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,455x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,159x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	330x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $827

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16