Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	293% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 14:23
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$242 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 251 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 670 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 125 112% 138 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 135 Splatting 116 96% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

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% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 596 592 581 575 557 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 2,104 Mixed 1,798 SusWrite 625 396% 1,775 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91.4 305% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,192 DQ Mixed 1,298 970% 1,290 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 355%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 82GB free Firmware: CS900E12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 154 159 268 170 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 308 Write 100 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 194 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 8.9 55% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 104 75% 92 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 33GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 43 43 43 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 40.3 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 42.8 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 43%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 150GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 129 127 124 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 96.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 125 69% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
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	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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