Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 537 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.79% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.31 9% 11.1 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 15 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.79% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 14 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (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 72 67 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 205775381	91.8% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 27 134% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 25.1 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 543GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 117 (03) Spinup time 120 120 38685704672 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 32 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 67552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1125 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1374 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244814118946 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 96 Write 88.9 Mixed 90.2 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2274 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6420 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236224053277 (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	48.2% Average	Read 74.9 Write 93.1 Mixed 87.7 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 76%
Patriot Memory 32GB 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 4GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 230 Write 33.9 Mixed 50.6 96% 105 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.94 119% 6.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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	765x
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 $300	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