Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.8% 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 Drive115% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 14 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 86%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 95.4
1-Core 85.8
2-Core 211
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 621
63% 509 Pts
64-Core 648
40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.8% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 119
Parallax 101
92% 111 fps
MRender 94.1
Gravity 123
Splatting 104
88% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
251GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 439 442 456 454 451 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 444
Mixed 344
SusWrite 443
96% 424 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 52.6
175% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 327
246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 115%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
111% Outstanding
MC Read 41
MC Write 45.2
MC Mixed 35.8
116% 40.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 39.4
SC Mixed 29.5
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 55.9
72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 111%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,324 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $659
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HDDRAMUSB
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