Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	720 x 1280 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 12:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 393 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 183 Parallax 208 142% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 173 Splatting 119 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD128HAFV-000 128GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 39 39 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 223GB free Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 92 92 90 84 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 365 Write 74.4 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 91.3 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 7.3 52% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 20.8 31% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 53%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 245 129 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 426 Write 331 Mixed 316 SusWrite 141 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 35.4 138% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 202 176% 260 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 450GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 109 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 37 SusWrite 107 116% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
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 $90Bench 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	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16