Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 05:04
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 602 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 8840) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 99 Parallax 90.1 81% 96.2 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 78 68% 83.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3402101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 345 54 31 263 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 499 Write 356 Mixed 328 SusWrite 196 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 19 74% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 24.9 20% 28.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 102%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$70 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 368 376 402 405 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 407 Mixed 324 SusWrite 364 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 24.2 86% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 49 39% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FHP 4x8GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 95%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,742x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,454x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,159x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	821x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	771x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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