Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 11:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 426 52% 400 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04B0) CLim: 1230 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.7% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 63 Parallax 58.6 34% 54.3 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 42 Splatting 52 42% 52 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 195 100 2243 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3208 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2070 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2123 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2095 (AE) Unknown 100 100 753 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 429496729644 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 17 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 70 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 208555 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12679 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15665	66.9% Good	Read 460 Write 202 Mixed 280 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 3.48 99% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 22.8 68% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 524GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12897026223 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 940 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 940 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 231929479204 (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 200 200 4	95.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 157 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 107%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 130GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 91 9256946 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 517352500 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8654 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 639762470 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 93 64 146058838 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.1% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 67.4 Mixed 60.6 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 104%

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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	3,697x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
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	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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