Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$232 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 757 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 69.3 64% 76.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 72.7 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 821 (64) Unknown 100 100 1881083 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 297 (AF) Unknown 100 100 2 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 29 (B2) Unknown 100 100 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 163 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4189 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2214 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 73017458717 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6598489 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6495 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5391 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6966 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5946	47% Average	Read 485 Write 106 Mixed 175 55% 256 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 11.7 54% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 20.6 39% 82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 115%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,951 Write 1,130 Mixed 1,191 314% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 26.8 140% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 131 151% 267 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238734240 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4449151779 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7309 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17910013629617 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40625496880 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108535009124	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 179 Mixed 176 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 14.1 Mixed 20.5 27% 24 MB/s	4K Read 4.78 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 1.3 119% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,772x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,459x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	631x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,164x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	879x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	378x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	777x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	332x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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Total price: $804

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