Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	92.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 07:17
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$241 712,312 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)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 211 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 749 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 146 Parallax 130 119% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 57 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5051 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (94) Unknown 100 100 9712 (95) Unknown 100 100 242 (96) Unknown 100 100 160 (97) Unknown 100 100 231 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 51 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 222045 (F2) Unknown 100 100 222959 (F5) Unknown 100 100 323264	92.9% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 346 Mixed 359 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 30.6 131% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 62.2 100% 195 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 816GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2686 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 144325 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	86.3% Excellent	Read 181 Write 119 Mixed 130 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.47 132% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 76%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 109 Write 99.9 Mixed 69.4 115% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 48%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 674GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 121 Write 100 Mixed 110 139% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.19 42% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 59%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 468GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 135 Write 116 Mixed 116 154% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.17 41% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 62%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 325GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 106 149% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 59%
WDC WD15 EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 139GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 81.2 Mixed 69 98% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 39%
WDC WD10 EARS-003BB1 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 109GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 69.5 Mixed 58.2 84% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 43%
ST315003 41AS 1.5TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 87GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 106 Write 81.1 Mixed 67.9 103% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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	3,695x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,146x
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	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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