Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 16:20
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 259 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 491 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,326 Write 5,615 Mixed 6,067 1,409% 6,336 MB/s	4K Read 504 4K Write 371 4K Mixed 400 1,471% 425 MB/s	DQ Read 1,260 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 1,044 794% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 27GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 370 297 257 151 156 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 425 Mixed 373 SusWrite 279 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 40 145% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 255 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 113%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 63GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 195 184 181 177 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 452 Write 187 Mixed 224 SusWrite 181 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 15.6 105% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 29.4 74% 158 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 317GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 102 99 106 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 76.8 Write 87.4 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 101 50% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/4GX KHX3333C16D4/8GX KHX3000C15D4/4GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 96%

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,441x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16