Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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 Drive	205% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 08:44
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$124 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 336 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 138 110% 141 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 143 Splatting 125 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$48 140,876 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 874GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 962 1165 1250 1244 1240 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 1,046 Mixed 1,102 SusWrite 1,051 239% 1,060 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 62.4 201% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 910 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 854 632% 835 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 364%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	33.1"	1280 720	AOC3279 Q3279WG5B

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $329Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	3,078x
Core i5-7600KIntel $218Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,132x
Core i7-7700Intel $308Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	448x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	878x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	688x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	625x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	286x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	278x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	175x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	599x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	118x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $801

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16