Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '22 at 12:02
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 673 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1191 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.73% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.57 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,333 Write 969 Mixed 124 176% 809 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 67 230% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 158 145% 233 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 277%
Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-00000 256GB 7,359 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 195GB free Firmware: FXV7000Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 960 493 206 208 207 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1209 Write 970 Mixed 949 SusWrite 381 196% 877 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 74 252% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 548 444% 614 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 169%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RGX2-16G3000A 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,729x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,448x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	874x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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