Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	200% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 22:58
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$242 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 813 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 122 Parallax 112 90% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 99 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 1,058 Mixed 1,111 270% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.8 173% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 218 254% 441 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 236%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 75GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 193 9208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2690 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 79 Mixed 75.6 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 98%
WD My Passport 082A 2TB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 872GB free, PID 082a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 92.9 Mixed 87.5 114% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 43%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 423GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 74.8 Write 72.6 Mixed 61.5 88% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.29 42% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 31%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 500GB 2,264 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 394GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 97.8 129% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 14.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

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	158x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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