Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 525 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 148 Parallax 120 49% 109 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team M8FP2 480GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 88GB free Firmware: E7FM03.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,189 Write 1,345 Mixed 1,504 372% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 56.9 199% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 174 205% 356 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 239%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 62GB free Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5321226 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -81389630245200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1106 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 39 60132098079 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5321226 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5321226 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5321226 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2104 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2315 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2315 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5875	81.9% Excellent	Read 490 Write 187 Mixed 244 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 24.4 143% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 62.2 86% 157 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 83%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 56GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1006 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245262 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 167504838689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9933 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8990 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17026 (F4) Unknown 100 100 19 (F5) Unknown 100 100 78 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2568448	98.9% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 507 Mixed 510 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.9 119% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 13.3 89% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 18GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21885 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1861 (B1) Unknown 97 97 108 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17609001954	100% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 373 Mixed 425 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 24.9 145% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 69.7 121% 235 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.4.1.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24995 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2220 (E8) Unknown 100 100 246224367822 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0	79% Very good	Read 410 Write 180 Mixed 227 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 23.2 139% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 88.6 109% 195 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 28.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 105%

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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	3,697x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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