Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 03:57
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 805 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 63.8 58% 69.2 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 57.5 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$81 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 84820076	104% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 415 Mixed 423 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.7 177% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 28.5 36% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 69GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8712 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1525 (B1) Unknown 96 96 116 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 5397 (EB) Unknown 99 99 183 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12450912245	95.9% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 485 Mixed 490 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24 143% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 66.7 54% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 116%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 90GB 648 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 10GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4318033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75771813056646 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2550 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 404 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4318033 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11776 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23104	31.7% Below average	Read 134 Write 63.8 Mixed 62.6 19% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 5.95 66% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.4 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 7.08 27% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 49%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38687146479 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1076 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1085 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1085 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684314654 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 132 Mixed 113 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 336GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 995 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 65 10541 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2337 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20348 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2408 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2180127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206158823447 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 571 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2793 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2445	65% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 110 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,735x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,452x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	875x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $801

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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