Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.1% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 23:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 716 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 69.3 62% 74.9 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 62 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -90383290862902 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1133 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 7627319 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1133 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 667821 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 30 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 667821 (F2) Unknown 100 100 294886 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19470	66.1% Good	Read 482 Write 146 Mixed 209 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 16.8 118% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 11.8 32% 63 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 88%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 3272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 222 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2338 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11665	96.9% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 401 Mixed 401 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.3 145% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 62.3 104% 200 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 98%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 29GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192413463 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4327728283 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 283472232524 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 38 10192344711191 (C2) HDA temperature 23 62 64424509463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 28 192413463 (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 -99106370329730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2703497523 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3542876139	31.1% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 55 Mixed 38.7 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.45 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 14.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 64%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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