Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.9% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 17:03
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 583 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 102% 133 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 4.7 97 55 15 62 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.3% Average	Read 179 Write 102 Mixed 127 SusWrite 84.8 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 20.3 95% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 133 117% 171 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 85%
PNY CS800 120GB SSD 198 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 111GB free Firmware: CS800710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 48 41 49 40 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 401 Write 317 Mixed 293 SusWrite 82.2 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 22.8 132% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 142 138% 212 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 308 306 306 304 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 458 Mixed 388 SusWrite 322 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 69.9 240% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 422GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 36 36 36 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 36.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 36.5 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

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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	3,704x
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	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

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 $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