Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime9.4 Days
Run DateJul 25 '17 at 03:05
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 40%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 90.3
1-Core 112
2-Core 226
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 520
58% 454 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.2% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 108
Parallax 98.2
84% 103 fps
MRender 89.2
Gravity 93
Splatting 88.8
74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
578GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Read 149
Write 129
Mixed 119
99% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 2.18
4K Mixed 0.25
91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
43.8% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 16.9
MC Mixed 14.5
44% 15.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.3
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 8.7
28% 9.7 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,320 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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