Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '22 at 22:08
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 227 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 576 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 108 Parallax 109 114% 119 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 108 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 165 185 170 187 MB/s Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.8% Very good	Read 279 Write 204 Mixed 213 SusWrite 169 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 40.9 155% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 142 126% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 110GB free Firmware: R0906I Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,587 Write 1,916 Mixed 1,317 428% 1,940 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 75.3 278% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,421 DQ Write 1122 DQ Mixed 583 624% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 155% Great: 318%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 744GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 180 180 180 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 164 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 179 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 214GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 114 115 115 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 91.2 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 112 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 421GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 190 190 192 190 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 92.7 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 190 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.5 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 80%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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