Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:46
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 806 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 69.9 64% 76.6 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 380 Mixed 413 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.2 182% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 116 144% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 170 Mixed 160 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,716x
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 $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	325x
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 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16