Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	May 02 '24 at 20:09
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 183 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 596 54% 455 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 80%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDB 512GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 891 Write 948 Mixed 939 208% 926 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 45.6 147% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 524 396% 530 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 260%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 145GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 383 Write 134 Mixed 275 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 21.4 83% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 154 145% 225 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Nvme NVME SSD 1TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 875GB free Firmware: M3R0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1,130 Write 1,955 Mixed 1,512 346% 1,532 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 57.2 190% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 482 387% 548 MB/s
Poor: 145% Great: 268%
Seagate ST9250827AS 250GB 3,473 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 45GB free Firmware: 3.CMF Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 49.7 Write 49.5 Mixed 28.8 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 35%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$201 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 135 Write 145 Mixed 70.5 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 1x16GB 4,112 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 60%

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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	54	28	60	0"	1280 720

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,745x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,455x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,159x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	876x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	821x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	330x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $827

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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