Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 16:28
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 162 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 626 84% 630 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 115 91% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 131 82 109 65 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 410 Mixed 408 SusWrite 156 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 30 170% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 1.2 78% 184 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%
Intenso Sata III 240GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 106GB free Firmware: P0705AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 121 54 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 362 Mixed 365 SusWrite 79 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.9 180% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 246 202% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: AM001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 110 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 109 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,444x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	326x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16