Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '23 at 23:17
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 222 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 632 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 82.3 73% 87.1 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 71.2 69% 86 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,328 Write 2,147 Mixed 1717 460% 2,064 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 70.2 226% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 613 DQ Mixed 799 580% 758 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 131GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 275 275 274 259 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 295 Mixed 314 SusWrite 282 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 48.4 165% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 226 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 31GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 100 94 93 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 99.6 63% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 21GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 68 62 84 74 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 92.3 Write 87.3 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 72.2 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL14-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 86%

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,441x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16