Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	245% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '22 at 11:08
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$169 195,006 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 (95^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 514 66% 501 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 108 Parallax 111 92% 111 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 94.5 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 419 420 423 423 422 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 2,238 Mixed 1,610 SusWrite 467 384% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 80.7 266% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 599 DQ Mixed 676 510% 687 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 280%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 154GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 468 456 390 467 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 452 Mixed 388 SusWrite 447 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 194 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 559GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 109 105 103 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 106 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 243GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 135 141 141 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 75 Write 122 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 136 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 109%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,722x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	328x
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 i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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