Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.1% 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 Drive160% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime8.2 Days
Run DateSep 06 '20 at 04:45
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 134
2-Core 246
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 645
67% 538 Pts
64-Core 650
40% 650 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Lighting 110
Reflection 86.5
Parallax 171
89% 122 fps
MRender 86.3
Gravity 119
Splatting 123
92% 110 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 94%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86
282GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 681 720 809 816 832 832 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
160% Outstanding
Read 1,358
Write 1,216
Mixed 158
SusWrite 782
195% 879 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 62.5
4K Mixed 38.9
140% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 534
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 540
340% 394 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 160%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.1% Good
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 21.3
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 20.6
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 123%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,328 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $654
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