Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42% 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	73.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 00:22
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 576 77% 573 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team M8FP2 480GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 162GB free Firmware: E7FM03.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,394 Write 1,385 Mixed 1,599 396% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.6 196% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 169 222% 400 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 239%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 46GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 7063 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1006 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441874 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 71 61 167504773149 (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 11786 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10746 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17928 (F4) Unknown 100 100 22 (F5) Unknown 100 100 82 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3052032	98.3% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 511 Mixed 502 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.5 119% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 13.7 85% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 37GB free Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4682931 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -98681168577834 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1217 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 39 60132098076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4682931 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4682931 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4682931 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2211 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2489 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2489 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5917	75.5% Very good	Read 475 Write 180 Mixed 256 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 16.1 128% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 65.4 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%
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 as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22900 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1972 (B1) Unknown 97 97 109 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17653424152	93.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 371 Mixed 413 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 24.5 142% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 62.2 83% 141 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 110%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.4.1.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^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 25925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2330 (E8) Unknown 100 100 273721464190 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0	73.3% Very good	Read 447 Write 200 Mixed 240 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 16.7 135% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 14.6 38% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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 @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 29.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	763x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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