Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 14:45
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 277 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 775 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 111 92% 115 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 988 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 178 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3581843417	89.6% Excellent	Read 467 Write 271 Mixed 274 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 31.3 141% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 69.6 107% 207 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10214 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3482 (B1) Unknown 92 92 288 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 350 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31678735931	73.1% Very good	Read 499 Write 120 Mixed 158 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 19.7 121% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 53.4 89% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 786GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4353 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3840 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.2% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 67.6 Mixed 112 64% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.33 115% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 213GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 1584 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23389135 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 5 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2970 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 4 1584 (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 100 253 -1945620175004 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4114625893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1718302518	50.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 75.4 Mixed 69.2 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.56 92% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1000 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2034 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 126 Write 108 Mixed 107 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 109%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 177 7691 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1723 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53226 (C2) HDA temperature 124 95 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 138 Mixed 105 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 31.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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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 $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