Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	102% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '22 at 17:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 450 56% 428 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% 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 (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 214 Parallax 130 105% 158 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 392 366 394 393 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 406 Mixed 300 SusWrite 361 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 42 152% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 193 180% 280 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 313 312 312 312 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 485 Mixed 400 SusWrite 309 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.2 215% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 98 98 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 102 Mixed 55 SusWrite 97.2 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.3% 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 as expected (54^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 25 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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	3,715x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16