Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 14:42
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 223 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 608 69% 541 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 8.3 6% 7.53 fps	MRender 5.8 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.7 7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 550GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 436 301 238 205 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 448 Mixed 406 SusWrite 294 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.9 197% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 264 219% 315 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 187GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 190 174 160 170 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 450 Mixed 332 SusWrite 211 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 61.2 196% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 260 164% 184 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Freecom USB Memory 250GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 19GB free, PID fc9e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	9.36% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 20.4 Mixed 12.9 SusWrite 20.5 24% 17 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 45% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.36% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FJ CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 86%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,709x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,440x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,149x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16