Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 773 81% 648 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6188) ≥ 4GB; GeForce GTX 1080 CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2515 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 147 Reflection 159 Parallax 141 120% 149 fps	Gravity 144 Splatting 117 114% 130 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 101GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5228492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -21268678031578 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 112 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 109 (C2) HDA temperature 23 37 47247065111 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5228492 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5228492 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5228492 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14913 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9869 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9869 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8537	71.3% Very good	Read 506 Write 126 Mixed 195 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 15.8 140% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 40.1 42% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 81%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 828 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 44 240519151650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19499408958 (F7) Unknown 100 100 610219706 (F8) Unknown 100 100 147151534 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1261 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 482 Write 331 Mixed 339 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 19.9 114% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 14.4 62% 136 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 63GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13294 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 683 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7790624445	97.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 349 Mixed 342 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 24.8 147% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 65.2 110% 217 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
OCZ SOLID3 60GB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 37GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 103646150811268 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2376 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1848 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1848 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4551	41.8% Average	Read 191 Write 60.3 Mixed 84.2 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 15.4 94% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 75.5 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 22.3 29% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 102%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,307 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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