Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 23:16
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 587 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.66 6% 9.06 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 16.1 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5503 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (94) Unknown 100 100 1725 (95) Unknown 100 100 73 (96) Unknown 100 100 3 (97) Unknown 100 100 50 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19591 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14078 (F5) Unknown 100 100 88048	88.7% Excellent	Read 505 Write 336 Mixed 354 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 29.6 123% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 60.2 95% 181 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 320GB-$54 8,918 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 6GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59506680 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 353408 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32216549687366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 170 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81604378651 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 17871358918720 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1272321405 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1401044463 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	26.3% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 45.5 Mixed 42.9 34% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.1 39% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,943 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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