Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.3% 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	187% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 07:01
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$241 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 798 84% 675 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 30 34% 34.8 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 31.3 27% 33.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,117 Mixed 1,127 304% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 28.9 125% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 25.1 44% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 59GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 219044577315	65.8% Good	Read 483 Write 269 Mixed 275 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 7.16 67% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 35.7 84% 179 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 159GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 130 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 35 135 (BC) Unknown 100 52 107 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 538705952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6828 (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	48.1% Average	Read 86.6 Write 80.7 Mixed 79.8 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 830GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 81.1 Write 83.3 Mixed 78.1 104% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 43%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 23.2 Mixed 27.3 35% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.72 72% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 62%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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	1,146x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	241x

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	159x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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