Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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	113% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 12:06
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$250 712,312 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 91.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 772 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB; 8GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix Goes Like Hell CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 159 Parallax 137 122% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,277 Write 1,931 Mixed 2,099 469% 2,102 MB/s	4K Read 209 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 195 665% 196 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 1,055 DQ Mixed 1,102 833% 1,117 MB/s
Poor: 302% Great: 559%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 218 118 113 116 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 492 Mixed 402 SusWrite 195 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 66.1 223% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 275 274 273 274 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 490 Mixed 390 SusWrite 295 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58 204% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 230 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 408 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.2 224% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 218GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 86 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 100 SusWrite 85.9 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 105%

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

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,686x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

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 $76Bench 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	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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