Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 06:04
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 786 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 69.2 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 74 59% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 68 55 55 55 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 408 Mixed 367 SusWrite 93 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 46.1 171% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 238 194% 274 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 91%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 391GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 112 112 109 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 109%
Adata SP550 5TB 4.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 206 204 203 205 209 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 198 Write 198 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 205 120% 166 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 764% 5.97 MB/s

WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 284GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 36.7 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 38.2 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 533GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 99 101 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 100 Write 98 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 100 129% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

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

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,684x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	239x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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