Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	179% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 17:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 481 59% 450 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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 (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 108 Parallax 110 91% 110 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 91.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 432 430 432 424 419 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,731 Write 1,819 Mixed 1,185 SusWrite 456 290% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 56.8 186% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 508 385% 522 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 280%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 154GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 420 432 463 441 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 324 Write 280 Mixed 302 SusWrite 422 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 28.7 106% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 193 173% 257 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 515GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 113 107 111 106 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 93.1 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 109 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 473GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 124 121 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 99.4 Write 99.6 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 119 68% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.7% 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 35.5 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 30.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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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 $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

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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