Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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 Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '19 at 14:33
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$230 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 264 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 707 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 156 Parallax 166 136% 163 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 139 Splatting 103 110% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 79 87 96 93 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 237 Write 113 Mixed 174 SusWrite 91.1 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 36.2 139% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 99 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 73%
Drveo X1 SSD 480GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 165GB free Firmware: O1225L SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 400 399 401 401 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 396 Mixed 325 SusWrite 399 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.7 150% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 200 162% 230 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 96GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,533 Write 2,361 Mixed 1,622 483% 2,172 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 87.2 294% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,596 DQ Write 1,429 DQ Mixed 1,454 1,106% 1,493 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 102 SusWrite 152 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 85%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,711x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,442x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16