Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	46.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 857 93% 738 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1292 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (A5) Unknown 100 100 154638680352 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 44 240518168627 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 412318957664 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 273 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1351 (F1) Unknown 253 253 774 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1030 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.8% Average	Read 514 Write 18.8 Mixed 160 49% 231 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 5.53 82% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 3.47 17% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83685360 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5461544 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (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 67 61 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5500 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 47244640289 (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 38431367364924 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4094560534 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11308398057	99.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 164 Mixed 166 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 5400 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 89.6 Write 10.6 Mixed 12.2 32% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.68 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 1.02 74% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.8 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,702x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
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	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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