Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	89.5% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 01:24
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 718 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.8 84% 105 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 512GB 4,212 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 100 100 106 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 64 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6282 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (94) Unknown 100 100 3488 (95) Unknown 100 100 147 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 102 (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 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54926 (F2) Unknown 100 100 88671 (F5) Unknown 100 100 201024	89.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 340 Mixed 355 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 28.9 121% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 61.3 99% 193 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 121%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 560GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091771 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 105 105 38 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 208 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799937056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 162 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 19GB free Firmware: V54OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 109 109 25792348502 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5087 (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 99 99 11600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4928 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5502 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5502 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 240519086112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1	32.7% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 46.5 Mixed 55.9 43% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1913 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 44%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
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	240x

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