Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 15:56
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 562 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.5% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 73.7 64% 81.3 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 99.4 79% 97 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 432 Mixed 230 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 37.8 129% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 229 190% 275 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 429GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 344GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 201 202 200 203 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 465 Mixed 373 SusWrite 205 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 37.3 126% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 218 200% 308 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 131%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 114GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 201 203 200 203 206 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 373 Write 424 Mixed 285 SusWrite 204 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 27.1 110% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 281 223% 310 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 32.9 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 26.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 125%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	762x
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: $685

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