Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 01:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 582 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.04 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 31.9 19% 27.1 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 25.8 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 354 292 268 272 261 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 457 Mixed 367 SusWrite 315 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 54 177% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 99GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 271 271 271 271 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 288 Mixed 379 SusWrite 286 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 52.1 175% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 234 209% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 417GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 69 72 70 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 70.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 68.5 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 99 102 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.1 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 99 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 94%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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