Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	95.6% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 756 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 82% 104 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 98.2 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 462 281 253 252 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 460 Mixed 374 SusWrite 326 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.7 146% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 326 245% 328 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 99%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 341GB free Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1273 601 603 602 601 557 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1,960 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 706 334% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.5 216% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,382 DQ Write 1,043 DQ Mixed 1,216 908% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 262%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 214GB free Firmware: SBFA12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 109 178 111 107 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 446 Mixed 366 SusWrite 145 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 41 158% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 222 196% 292 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 174 176 177 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 162 Mixed 92 SusWrite 176 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 108%

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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%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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