Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.9% 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	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 01:06
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 707 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 126 Parallax 119 93% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 126 Splatting 109 93% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 211 268 78 63 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 778 Write 581 Mixed 571 SusWrite 174 117% 526 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45 154% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 41 106% 220 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 157%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 272GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1339 985 989 991 994 988 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,836 Write 2,005 Mixed 1,540 SusWrite 1,048 361% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 53.6 206% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,113 DQ Write 1,142 DQ Mixed 972 774% 1,076 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 297%
WD WD10EVVS-63M5B0 1TB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 597GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 96 97 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 88.4 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 95.8 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 119GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 46 46 46 47 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 46.2 Write 43.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 45.7 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 18.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 16.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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	1,146x
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	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	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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