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 as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 15:25
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4600-$27 16,729 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 321 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 508 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 538024 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2350 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 502128 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 538024 (F2) Unknown 100 100 716642	43.3% Average	Read 256 Write 170 Mixed 200 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 14.6 72% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 31.6 24% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 742GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8710 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8704 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 206 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5226 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 18 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 40 639893540 (C2) HDA temperature 63 38 3200390266917 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48874 (C4) Reallocation count 95 95 206 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1003 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	63.8% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 122 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.51 132% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 529GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2895 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1646 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5556 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.4% Good	Read 134 Write 101 Mixed 132 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 413GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5487 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.9% Very good	Read 164 Write 97 Mixed 93.9 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.17 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 177GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 175 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3977 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.4% Average	Read 69.7 Write 98.9 Mixed 103 69% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 44GB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198170920 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23960356 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 572456993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2055 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 64424509473 (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 -114624087194619 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32754659019176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -131566048742198	80.9% Excellent	Read 120 Write 162 Mixed 71 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.16 50% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 95%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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