Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	23.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 01:05
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 796 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 204 Parallax 200 150% 196 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,444 Write 2,266 Mixed 1,487 459% 2,066 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 89.6 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,530 DQ Write 1,282 DQ Mixed 1,364 1,033% 1,392 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 126 127 125 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 429 Mixed 294 SusWrite 142 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.4 174% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 251 205% 291 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 93%
Intel SSDSC2BB120G6 120GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1GB free Firmware: G2010140 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 299 Write 139 Mixed 174 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.7 138% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 195 147% 201 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 71%
Intel SSDSC2BB120G4R 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 29GB free Firmware: D201DL13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 290 Write 143 Mixed 174 SusWrite 142 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.8 139% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 197 152% 211 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 108%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,732x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,449x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	621x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,155x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	874x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	375x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	347x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	770x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16