Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	147% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	13.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 16:27
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$242 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 734 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 66.9 53% 66.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 63 Splatting 52.6 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,433 Write 471 Mixed 606 182% 836 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 31.5 139% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 166 196% 344 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 254%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 119GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19923 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2278 (B1) Unknown 89 89 369 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50169545450	62.5% Good	Read 492 Write 133 Mixed 273 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 19.1 88% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 63.4 79% 146 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 76%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11592 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1204 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 121 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 46 231929282585 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14674586912 (F7) Unknown 100 100 463610971 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1556635818	95.7% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 332 Mixed 393 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 32.5 147% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 47.9 90% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 769GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2267 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 245142 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.24 121% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 97%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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