Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.7% 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	57.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 23:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 254 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 712 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 185 97% 131 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 128 Splatting 129 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 805GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 75 79 79 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 433 Write 88.7 Mixed 123 SusWrite 79 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 22.9 98% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 111 88% 125 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 121%
Kingdian S280 1TB 769 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 411GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 457 436 430 430 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 449 Mixed 407 SusWrite 438 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.3 183% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 115 153% 277 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 120%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 360GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 68 73 78 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 96.7 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 74.1 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 97 155 106 120 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 65.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 45 SusWrite 117 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.3 131% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 30.8 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 30.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,444x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	326x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16