Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 225% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 189% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	259% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '23 at 21:17
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 696 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4080-$720 22,998 User benchmarks, average bench 290% Gigabyte(1458 40BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3150 MHz, MLim: 5600 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	259% Outstanding	Lighting 353 Reflection 429 Parallax 537 288% 440 fps	MRender 571 Gravity 379 Splatting 272 318% 408 fps
Poor: 263% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 305%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 716 462 461 458 455 454 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1491 Write 1,317 Mixed 1,071 SusWrite 501 245% 1,095 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 36.6 118% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 93.5 70% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 279GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 158 154 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 129 Write 135 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 156 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2 366% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 111%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 158 159 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 166 Mixed 101 SusWrite 160 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.9 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16