Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	273% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	640 x 480 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '24 at 22:45
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 734 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 2504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2347 MHz, MLim: 4375 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 186 Parallax 174 133% 174 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 118 Splatting 100 102% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot M.2 P300 512GB 1,689 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: APF1M3R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1331 1948 2180 2261 2253 1089 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,270 Write 2,207 Mixed 1571 SusWrite 1,844 392% 1,723 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 70.4 229% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 613 DQ Mixed 958 684% 886 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 286%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 248 253 251 252 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 440 Mixed 358 SusWrite 272 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 51.3 177% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 236 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 698GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 140 140 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 140 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G266681 2x8GB 6,425 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 30.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32.4 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 64: 0P 5R 10G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
64%	19%	129	205	30	60	23.8"	1296 759	ACR057F SA240Y

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	866x
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	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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