Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive114% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime11.2 Days
Run DateMar 17 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration189 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 47%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 (72nd percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 96.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 253
91% 161 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 772
71% 596 Pts
64-Core 760
47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 134
Parallax 126
107% 130 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 128
Splatting 106
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
8.02% Terrible
Lighting 8.37
Reflection 12.1
Parallax 8.28
7% 9.57 fps
MRender 12.2
Gravity 7.47
Splatting 16.6
10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 8.02%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
837GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 436 465 455 468 451 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 462
Mixed 442
SusWrite 452
104% 462 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 56.6
195% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 359
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 305 310 304 306 299 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 463
Write 438
Mixed 385
SusWrite 315
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 56.3
195% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 352
266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 114%
Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
436GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 141 140 142 140 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Read 130
Write 145
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 141
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
85.9% Excellent
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 33.9
MC Mixed 26.1
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 22.7
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 52.3
76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,324 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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