Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	84.2% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 04:09
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 761 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 98.2 83% 104 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7639 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1983 (B1) Unknown 100 100 572396 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 21 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 21 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11 (E8) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1167918 (F2) Unknown 100 100 365802	84.2% Excellent	Read 493 Write 209 Mixed 285 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 34.8 134% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 71.1 99% 183 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 208 208 25780224205 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 199 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 184684838951 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.8% Very good	Read 110 Write 141 Mixed 112 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88204600 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 100216199 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1988 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 4917100581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74921 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115989886801129 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39615693491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53665799087	82.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 139 Mixed 143 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 28.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,329 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,703x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16