Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 15:01
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 291 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 805 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 134 117% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 212GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 12040 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 553 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393234 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 163209871387 (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 2993 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2769 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1174 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18 (F6) Unknown 100 100 820544	97.6% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 497 Mixed 503 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 13.4 114% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 58.5 112% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 1,097 Mixed 1,135 319% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 42.1 204% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 57 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 24.9 41% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 78GB free Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2596091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 123609158832465 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 262 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2596091 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2596091 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2596091 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3120 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2424 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2424 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3977	50% Average	Read 200 Write 104 Mixed 124 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 10.5 108% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 10.2 37% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 202706258 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5273356 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 45977624910051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (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 79 69 353632277 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 7224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23780 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 60129542165 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 202706258 (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 46669114638971 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1095939498 (F2) Unknown 100 253 390797562 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 91 Write 77.5 Mixed 45.9 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.43 163% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143861504 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46643571 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (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 76 65 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94762 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 64424509464 (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 24275155167543 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9675141644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 116837744472	81.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 117 Mixed 120 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3090 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 31.8 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 31.7 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

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) $35	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