Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '23 at 22:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 616 66% 524 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 8840) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (81^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (99 fps cap detected)	78.2% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 99.9 Parallax 98.7 81% 99.4 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 78.6 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3402101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 287 228 128 125 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 434 Write 333 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 186 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 12.3 71% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 42 56% 104 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 102%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 930GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 336 354 391 401 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 490 Write 292 Mixed 292 SusWrite 344 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 27.3 96% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 170 142% 213 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 121%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 8TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 39 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 40.9 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 40.2 57% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.3 188% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FHP 4x8GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 95%

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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	23.5"	1280 720	SPT099D E24

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Gaming 71%

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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	3,717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,444x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	326x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16