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 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 16:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 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)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 514 71% 524 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,642 Write 5,316 Mixed 6,737 1,460% 6,565 MB/s	4K Read 484 4K Write 342 4K Mixed 382 1,404% 403 MB/s	DQ Read 1,363 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 1,086 840% 1,154 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 27GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 440 300 284 159 80 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 309 Mixed 271 SusWrite 286 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39.1 157% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 154 151% 239 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 113%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 62GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 195 185 195 189 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 457 Write 148 Mixed 208 SusWrite 188 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14 117% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 29.7 75% 160 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 311GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 100 104 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 78 Write 83.4 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 104 50% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/4GX KHX3333C16D4/8GX KHX3000C15D4/4GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 30.1 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 96%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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