Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	237% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 728 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 447GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 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 100 100 196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (64) Unknown 100 100 246528 (65) Unknown 100 100 141120 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 146030395419 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 409 (EA) Unknown 100 100 342 (F1) Unknown 100 100 386 (F2) Unknown 100 100 184 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	71.9% Very good	Read 491 Write 271 Mixed 275 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 13.1 96% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 10.5 52% 125 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 92%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,583 374% 1,685 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 37.6 210% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 52.7 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 220 140% 154 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 262%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 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 100 100 952 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (64) Unknown 100 100 841696 (65) Unknown 100 100 160896 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 248 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1249 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 158914576409 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1493 (EA) Unknown 100 100 693 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1274 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1565 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65% Good	Read 496 Write 271 Mixed 271 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 11 93% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 10.3 19% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 88%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 213GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,981 Write 1,176 Mixed 1,422 338% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 35.3 210% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.8 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 35.1 72% 138 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 247%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 821GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44152104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 992 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 539283 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (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 74 64 454492186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 992 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 170 Mixed 122 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.15 88% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.2% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 122%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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