Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.9% 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 Drive71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime11.1 Days
Run DateMay 25 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 80.1
1-Core 141
2-Core 274
90% 165 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 500
63% 480 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.9% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 118
Parallax 101
89% 109 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 75
Splatting 76.8
67% 83.4 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 517
Write 209
Mixed 234
70% 320 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 17.1
118% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 28.9
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 16.7
36% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 94%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150
347GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
51.5% Above average
Read 88.6
Write 91.1
Mixed 82.8
66% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.14
4K Mixed 0.22
64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 51.5%
Great: 55%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68% Good
MC Read 24
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 21.9
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 19.7
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 80.3
50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,311 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: $685
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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