Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	107% 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit, Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 11:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 191 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 720 61% 524 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E305) 2GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 55.2 37% 50.5 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.7 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 390 452 481 411 356 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 473 Mixed 359 SusWrite 422 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 46 150% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 351 262% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 125GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 296 340 299 297 295 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 502 Write 474 Mixed 445 SusWrite 313 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 51.7 180% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 123%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 823GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 69 35 27 58 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 9 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 45.2 17% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C15 Series 2x8GB 831 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 102%

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

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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