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 (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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 09:49
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 163 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 899 92% 746 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 114688 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15642 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5071 (AA) Unknown 100 100 28 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 200 (AD) Unknown 98 98 74 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3221 (B5) Unknown 100 100 36752154106454 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3117 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2192 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	66% Good	Read 489 Write 231 Mixed 318 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 5.28 100% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 99.5 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 5.91 32% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 74%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 119 225259102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -100519414553289 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6610 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5820 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 34363539485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 225259102 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 225259102 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 225259102 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48474 (EA) Unknown 0 0 78373 (F1) Unknown 0 0 78373 (F2) Unknown 0 0 109605	72.3% Very good	Read 522 Write 149 Mixed 219 64% 297 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 13.7 137% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 13 30% 58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 82%
Seagate ST2000VM002-9UY166 2TB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 718GB free Firmware: SC01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94046384 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 27476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148377376 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (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 70 55 706347038 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27503 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 18 94046384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 92.2 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 78%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 262GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447932 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7035 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 20408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 20408 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 236223856674 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	60.3% Good	Read 120 Write 89.7 Mixed 124 85% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 32.3 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%

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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	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	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	340x
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	762x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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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) $30	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