Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 14:06
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 127 2-Core 223 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 314 45% 329 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 71.2 63% 75.9 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 69 Splatting 62.7 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0730A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 197 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (94) Unknown 100 100 162674 (95) Unknown 100 100 1593 (96) Unknown 100 100 1408 (97) Unknown 100 100 1579 (A4) Unknown 100 100 53783 (A5) Unknown 100 100 86 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 23 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	76.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 260 Mixed 264 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 22.9 102% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 49.5 84% 167 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 211813993 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1412896 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -113567525240767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (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 80 64 336658452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 51539607572 (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 132950712647745 (F1) Unknown 100 253 517660685 (F2) Unknown 100 253 916437683	97.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 172 Mixed 137 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 135256700 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 91 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 951052 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -24519968292516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (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 78 71 370343958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 480 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 60129542166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 64 135256700 (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 -115972706926344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1519206334 (F2) Unknown 100 253 794014786	81.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 118 Mixed 74.8 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 7.28 4K Write 5.55 4K Mixed 0.61 474% 4.48 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 799GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789333789 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 495 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1252 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 180389347352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 146 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.16 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH3 4x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 26 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 91%

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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	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16