Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 544 73% 543 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 69.7 65% 76.7 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 76.2 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 396GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 37 270583791644 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14615195381 (F7) Unknown 100 100 457655520 (F8) Unknown 100 100 348156399 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3548 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 335 Mixed 339 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 23.7 108% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 42.5 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 476 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 42 249109086246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3619300486 (F7) Unknown 100 100 113480511 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47608840 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1944 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.7% Good	Read 484 Write 330 Mixed 335 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 14.7 90% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 14.7 33% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 98%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 145GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 96 Write 71.3 Mixed 51.4 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 4.12 4K Mixed 0.3 127% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,715x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16