Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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	254% 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 14:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 145 2-Core 260 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 709 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 85% 109 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 103 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 871 881 842 826 785 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,387 Write 1149 Mixed 1,128 SusWrite 794 250% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 88.7 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,466 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,327 982% 1,302 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 410%
WDC WDS250G2B0B 250GB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 65GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 195 211 199 198 200 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 481 Write 307 Mixed 231 SusWrite 202 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 34.7 126% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 237 209% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 93GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 179 156 155 156 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 475 Mixed 414 SusWrite 178 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.4 213% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 351 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 787GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 0.9 1 0.5 0.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 135 Write 133 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 0.8 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28.5 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 106%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $670

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