Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics133% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161227
Uptime15.4 Days
Run DateAug 07 '18 at 15:13
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 142
2-Core 271
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 759
76% 617 Pts
64-Core 743
46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 188
Reflection 206
Parallax 182
153% 192 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 171
Splatting 130
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 502
Write 431
Mixed 390
98% 441 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 61.7
215% 79.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 352
267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51
723GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 72 72 71 71 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
44.2% Average
Read 82.7
Write 72.5
Mixed 47
SusWrite 71
50% 68.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 44.2%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.8% Very good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.3
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 21.9
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 143%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,322 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $659
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HDDRAMUSB
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