Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 119%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics131% 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 Drive65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171225
Uptime7.2 Days
Run DateMar 03 '23 at 20:53
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Memory 96
1-Core 131
2-Core 236
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 642
67% 539 Pts
64-Core 596
37% 596 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 528.24
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 181
Reflection 201
Parallax 190
147% 190 fps
MRender 142
Gravity 186
Splatting 131
124% 153 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 118 230 219 197 231 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
65.6% Good
Read 381
Write 337
Mixed 210
SusWrite 188
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 77.1
4K Mixed 22.2
100% 40 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 163
132% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 99%
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
125GB free
Firmware: 4B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1194 1533 1756 1862 1765 1388 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
249% Outstanding
Read 1,870
Write 1,791
Mixed 850
SusWrite 1,583
342% 1,524 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 45.2
142% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 935
DQ Write 581
DQ Mixed 628
503% 715 MB/s
Poor: 236%
This bench: 249%
Great: 477%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
799GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 143 137 143 136 140 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 68.5
Write 53.3
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 138
56% 77 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 59%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
MC Read 34.9
MC Write 36.9
MC Mixed 27.1
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 21.3
SC Write 38
SC Mixed 27.6
83% 29 GB/s
Latency 54.1
74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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