Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateNov 15 '17 at 06:17
Run Duration81 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 150
2-Core 306
101% 184 Pts
4-Core 594
8-Core 598
80% 596 Pts
64-Core 606
38% 606 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 14.8
Parallax 131
115% 95.5 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 140
Splatting 118
99% 121 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 108%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
593GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 157
Mixed 153
118% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.88
4K Write 2.18
4K Mixed 0.23
102% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
MC Read 36
MC Write 39
MC Mixed 28.5
99% 34.5 GB/s
SC Read 21.2
SC Write 35.7
SC Mixed 28
81% 28.3 GB/s
Latency 53.7
74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,358 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $656
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