Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59% 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	286% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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, 18 months ago, 18 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	12.6 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 05 '22 at 01:07
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 267 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 713 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 69.5 60% 73.1 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 66.6 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1546 1898 1961 1402 811 791 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,309 Write 1,997 Mixed 2,069 SusWrite 1,402 437% 1,944 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 72.9 233% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 646 DQ Mixed 724 559% 769 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 313%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 675GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 129 132 132 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 118 Write 40.6 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 126 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.4 237% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% 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: 64 54 55 55 55 54 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 65.3 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 56.1 86% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.1% 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	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 15 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 76%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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