Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	220% 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 573 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.4 39% 48.9 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 61.8 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,752 Write 1,377 Mixed 1,213 321% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 29.8 192% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 57.8 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 30.1 86% 171 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
Team M8FP2 480GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 133GB free Firmware: E7FM03.6 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 1,367 Mixed 1,586 365% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.5 201% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 188 239% 427 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 239%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 109GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22951 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1984 (B1) Unknown 97 97 109 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17722642306	100% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 372 Mixed 413 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24.1 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 60.1 120% 242 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 PRO Series 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 43GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1006 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441874 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 167504773147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11808 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17967 (F4) Unknown 100 100 22 (F5) Unknown 100 100 82 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3057792	93.5% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 508 Mixed 510 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.3 120% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 13.6 60% 124 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 108%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 25GB free Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4290282 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -122896194192628 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 39 60132098075 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4290282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4290282 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4290282 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2235 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2512 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2512 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5925	80.9% Excellent	Read 515 Write 191 Mixed 242 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23 137% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 67.6 86% 152 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 28.5 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 29.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 105%

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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	3,715x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

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	811x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16