Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88% 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	146% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 10:23
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 278 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 726 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 161 Parallax 108 86% 125 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 114 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 667GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 863 701 695 674 632 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,188 Write 528 Mixed 831 SusWrite 746 184% 823 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 42.4 149% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 87.9 82% 131 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 295%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 22GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 105 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 505 Write 108 Mixed 165 SusWrite 109 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 17 112% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 41.8 51% 90.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 199GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 237 216 215 225 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 266 Write 270 Mixed 268 SusWrite 221 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 27 96% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 102 87% 132 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 723GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 101 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 702GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 106 108 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 99.9 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 105 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,690x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
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	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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