Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	287% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 236 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 537 60% 470 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 149 Reflection 160 Parallax 147 121% 152 fps	Gravity 146 Splatting 118 115% 132 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2008 947 795 793 793 792 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,309 Write 2,220 Mixed 1,653 SusWrite 1,021 403% 1,801 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 78.2 253% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 1,119 DQ Mixed 1182 891% 1,195 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 355%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 67 64 65 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 186 Write 70.8 Mixed 107 SusWrite 65.5 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 30 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 91.2 71% 100 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 465 Mixed 366 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 55.6 187% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 131GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 110 Write 88.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 102 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 160 162 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 177 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 161 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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