Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '21 at 14:49
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 425 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W2100 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 2120) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 8 5% 7.4 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 5.6 5% 6.23 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
VK0600GDUTQ 600GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 475GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4IWVHPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 395 394 371 348 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 327 Write 403 Mixed 301 SusWrite 378 80% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 38 149% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 246 186% 251 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 41%

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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%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,441x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16