Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 03:06
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 520 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 66.9 62% 73.9 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 75.2 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 278 276 269 266 262 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,371 Write 1,162 Mixed 1,028 SusWrite 323 217% 971 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 81.4 280% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1372 DQ Mixed 1,006 808% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 280%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 74GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 134 134 134 135 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 422 Mixed 383 SusWrite 165 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 22.7 124% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 33.7 89% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 407GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 88.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 87.4 54% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 25GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 126 130 130 132 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 99.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 130 63% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 185 190 190 192 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 77.2 Write 120 Mixed 77 SusWrite 188 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 207% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 109%

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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	3,697x
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