Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.8%, 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.
Boot Drive	294% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '19 at 11:07
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 716 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 200 Parallax 199 149% 194 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 183 Splatting 132 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 765GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 1000 1226 1219 1227 1228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2080 Write 1,796 Mixed 864 SusWrite 1,124 327% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 69.1 270% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,427 DQ Write 1,284 DQ Mixed 1,175 931% 1,295 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 302%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: M0MU033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 416 401 271 281 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 475 Mixed 370 SusWrite 330 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 43.1 164% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 258 208% 293 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 347GB free Firmware: 000056R8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 182 175 188 158 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 483 Write 449 Mixed 385 SusWrite 214 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.4 178% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 181 170% 265 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 82GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,855 Write 9,073 Mixed 9,234 2,096% 9,388 MB/s	4K Read 735 4K Write 365 4K Mixed 475 1,916% 525 MB/s	DQ Read 1,719 DQ Write 1,329 DQ Mixed 1382 1,072% 1,477 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 195GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 307 308 307 309 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,094 Write 1,419 Mixed 633 SusWrite 479 255% 1,156 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 59.4 256% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 1,234 DQ Mixed 722 674% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 710GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 75 79 73 79 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 94.8 Write 122 Mixed 74 SusWrite 74.3 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32.9 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 29.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,714x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	615x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16