Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	285% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '22 at 06:25
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 673 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 76 Parallax 78.1 60% 76.1 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 68.7 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1461 1956 1998 1750 806 801 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,367 Write 1,842 Mixed 1,874 SusWrite 1,462 423% 1,886 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 66.4 210% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 878 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 770 580% 780 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 313%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 698GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 133 134 134 135 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 24.6 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 130 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 55 54 55 55 53 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 65.5 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 57.8 81% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.5 137% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CTD Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.M8FB M378A5244CB0-CTD Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.M8FB 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

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

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,440x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16