Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 760 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 180 Parallax 198 152% 188 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 182 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,274 Write 1,060 Mixed 640 219% 992 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 66.6 251% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,271 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 456 432% 700 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 28GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 480 480 474 477 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 452 Mixed 382 SusWrite 471 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 52.6 186% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 35GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 481 478 473 478 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 455 Mixed 374 SusWrite 474 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 52.4 183% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 89 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 176 Write 126 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 87.8 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 32 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

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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	3,717x
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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	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