Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 02:36
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 800 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 204 Parallax 200 153% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 337 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 45 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2238796493	87.2% Excellent	Read 483 Write 263 Mixed 272 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 30.9 133% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 69.8 104% 200 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 123%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 85GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4879573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -90529320644671 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1944 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 846 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1114 (BD) vendor-specific 32 56 68723146784 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 68723146784 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4879573 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4879573 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4879573 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42386 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35931 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35931 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39274	77.4% Very good	Read 447 Write 216 Mixed 305 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 23.7 125% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 73.2 92% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6599680 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 5881 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 639369251 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 103079215139 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104049877712587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3367374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3967079	107% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 182 Mixed 171 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192829496 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28451364 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 95111872546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43156 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 85899345954 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92578020062365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18088593891 (F2) Unknown 100 253 380277568211	69.1% Good	Read 108 Write 133 Mixed 112 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 133 Write 74.9 Mixed 48.2 95% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.48 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.92 96% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 28%

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 (78^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 29.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 104%

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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	3,699x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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