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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 282 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 775 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 116 Reflection 108 Parallax 109 94% 111 fps	Splatting 99.5 102% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 325GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2949 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 587 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13646245592	105% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 351 Mixed 356 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 41.8 165% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 108 132% 236 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1215 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 570 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8267921048	104% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 416 Mixed 409 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 28.9 150% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 80.1 124% 238 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 4448201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -32925219282906 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4448201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4448201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4448201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1116 (EA) Unknown 0 0 898 (F1) Unknown 0 0 898 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3472	72.4% Very good	Read 501 Write 134 Mixed 200 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 17.7 129% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 45.6 65% 122 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 82%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1324 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 98 1316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 185752 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 499GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2462 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 26 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 171 Mixed 149 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.38 146% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID 5151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 5.46 Mixed 9.79 14% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.005 2% 0.18 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3333 C16 4x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 124%

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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	3,695x
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	1,146x
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	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
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 $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 $15	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