Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	202% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '22 at 11:16
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 449 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$291 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 108 Parallax 111 92% 111 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 94.2 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 397 396 391 390 390 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 2,306 Write 2,034 Mixed 1,402 SusWrite 427 344% 1,542 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 60.3 205% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 462 341% 456 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 280%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 153GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 454 444 464 437 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 396 Mixed 342 SusWrite 452 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 33.7 124% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 194 173% 256 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 529GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 100 96 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 102 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 99.9 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 180GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 144 143 140 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 51.4 Write 108 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 142 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 34.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 29.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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