Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	101% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 22 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '22 at 22:31
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 235 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 487 68% 501 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 128 102% 131 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 129 Splatting 116 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 398 402 331 391 389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 381 Mixed 293 SusWrite 374 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 40.2 147% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 199 186% 288 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 312 310 312 311 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 431 Mixed 374 SusWrite 319 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.7 205% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 98 98 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 100 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 96.5 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 23.9 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 95%

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

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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	3,716x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

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 $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