Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '19 at 18:07
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 590 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 86.8 77% 95.1 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 89.3 72% 87.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 262 131 136 114 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 411 Write 410 Mixed 54 SusWrite 168 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 9.8 47% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 138 146% 243 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 92%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 104GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 126 127 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 231 Write 130 Mixed 138 SusWrite 125 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 20.1 69% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 64 58% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 48%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 262GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 48 50 51 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 626GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 108 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 62 SusWrite 108 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMWX8GD3000C15W4 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMWX8GD3000C15W4 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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	3,713x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,442x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	615x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	868x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	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