Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	156% 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 (29%). 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, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 17:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	29%

Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 406 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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: 526.98 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 106 Parallax 113 91% 110 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 91.9 84% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% 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% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 387 407 393 371 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,696 Write 1,661 Mixed 1,265 SusWrite 421 282% 1,261 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 47.4 156% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 27.3 94% 217 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 280%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 154GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 350 370 441 429 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 332 Write 214 Mixed 324 SusWrite 384 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 30 110% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 23.3 DQ Mixed 166 113% 144 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 512GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 110 105 109 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 70 Write 93.4 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 106 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 438GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 123 122 123 126 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 101 Write 99.4 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 121 68% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.6% 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 (78^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 36.1 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,384 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,726x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,447x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	873x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
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	769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	328x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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