Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 484 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 117% 142 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 104GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4394824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 111213883180131 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2554 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 68723081252 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4394824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4394824 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4394824 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9304 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7034 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7034 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9282	71.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 145 Mixed 221 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 14.1 125% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 51.2 69% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 69510100 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -1829656056941 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 34 60131770398 (C2) HDA temperature 30 34 60131770398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 69510100 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 69510100 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 69510100 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21078 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10525 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10525 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11143	57.6% Above average	Read 415 Write 108 Mixed 116 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 9.62 108% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 71.7 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 7.84 30% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 875GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 187837616 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3505416 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (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 72 66 504954908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 863 (C2) HDA temperature 28 22 94489280540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 187837616 (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 -116131620716066 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2112866833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2092625736	104% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 159 Mixed 156 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.35 111% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 722GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 80.2 Write 102 Mixed 60.2 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.77 4K Mixed 0.3 120% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 293GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96327200 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7906 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 341143293 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032998 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 9162129441 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8677 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 -140737488355295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 9 96327200 (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 -119438745511580 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1399986196 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1898015195	62.5% Good	Read 95.7 Write 122 Mixed 88.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $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