Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '23 at 19:09
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$113 342,244 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 (84^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 411 52% 396 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 93.1 56% 75.3 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 48.8 51% 64.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 86 96 84 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 424 Write 187 Mixed 197 SusWrite 94.6 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 16.8 79% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 34.1 71% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 1x4GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 12.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

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

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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	1,451x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	621x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,156x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	875x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $814

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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