Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	202% 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	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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 18:43
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 158 2-Core 311 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 871 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.25 7% 9.43 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,835 Write 926 Mixed 1,061 280% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.9 169% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 192 219% 384 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: HP23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29591431 (03) Spinup time 97 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 465996563 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1119 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098505 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 191 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 640024614 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 60129542182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 21 29591431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67108863959762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2308138019 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3173321070	57.5% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 101 Mixed 82.2 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 874GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 172 1450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2085 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4507 (C2) HDA temperature 107 102 36 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 167 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.36 128% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 21.8 Mixed 25.9 34% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.29 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.81 65% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 148%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

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	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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