Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 535 72% 535 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.63 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 0.04 5% 6.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 437 435 429 409 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 487 Mixed 284 SusWrite 425 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45 179% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 160 160% 259 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 42GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 79 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 71.2 Write 71.1 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 77.8 55% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 90GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 74 77 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 75.5 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 52%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 274GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 100 101 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 86 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 98.7 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%
ST ST4000VN000-1H41 4TB 27GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.8% Poor	Read 41.9 Write 40.6 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 41.6 53% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.07 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30.9 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 32 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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 $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

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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 $179	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