Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	435% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	36.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 07:10
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$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 below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 678 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 106% 132 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 116 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$189 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 43 43 45 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	435% Outstanding	Read 5,203 Write 54.9 Mixed 108 SusWrite 44.1 281% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 552 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 6.5 846% 187 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 435% Great: 337%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 161GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 308 320 337 336 337 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 353 Write 445 Mixed 301 SusWrite 334 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 16.3 91% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 160 146% 217 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 121%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 60GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 209 157 154 151 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 341 Write 327 Mixed 284 SusWrite 185 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.1 122% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 28.7 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 160GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 305 325 279 245 223 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 455 Mixed 401 SusWrite 291 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 49.7 170% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 256 203% 278 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 304 311 312 308 307 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 379 Write 357 Mixed 371 SusWrite 318 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.1 175% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 177 154% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 32GB 2667, 2133, 2667, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns

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

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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	762x
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