Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.2% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 13:21
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 254 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 702 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 97 75% 99.5 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 96 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 40 28 34 33 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 403 Write 120 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 38.4 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 1.9 52% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 7.8 32% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 78%
Ssdsc2bb120g4i 00AJ001 00AJ004IBM 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6GB free Firmware: D201NB38 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 294 Write 138 Mixed 166 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 24.5 95% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 140 112% 164 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 72%
Hitachi HUS724020ALA640 2TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 277GB free Firmware: MF6ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 97 94 99 94 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 84.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 94.3 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUS724020ALA640 2TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 625GB free Firmware: MF6ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 120 116 123 110 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 126 Write 131 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 116 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUS724020ALA640 2TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 893GB free Firmware: MF6ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 128 121 131 127 133 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 125 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 104%

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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%

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	1,147x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $179	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