Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% 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	339% 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	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

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '24 at 20:56
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 786 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 10 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.8 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 11.8 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 124 101% 128 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 128 Splatting 114 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 1,567 User benchmarks, average bench 409% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QJXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2020 2121 1996 1183 2009 1696 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,454 Write 2,032 Mixed 2,064 SusWrite 1,838 471% 2,097 MB/s	4K Read 69.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 88.7 284% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,072 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 936 690% 913 MB/s
Poor: 258% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 508%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 113 115 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 108 Write 90.5 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 113 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 27.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 148%

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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	67	56	60	23.8"	1920 1017	HPN3431 HP 24w

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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	3,715x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

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	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

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 $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16