Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.7% 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	353% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 15:07
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 85.7 1-Core 164 2-Core 330 103% 193 Pts	4-Core 645 8-Core 632 86% 638 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 98% 126 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 113 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 657GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T54A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 1521 1704 1764 1770 1764 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	353% Outstanding	Read 2,578 Write 1,863 Mixed 1,382 SusWrite 1,600 414% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 92.3 319% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1281 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 505 570% 972 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 353% Great: 372%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 448GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 462 346 248 250 249 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 472 Mixed 368 SusWrite 316 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 43.6 168% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 329 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 131 131 130 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 131 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avant W641GU48J5213ND 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	866x
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	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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