Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	302% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 22:41
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$232 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 850 90% 717 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 163 Parallax 137 125% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2240 624 606 608 607 609 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 2,385 Mixed 1605 SusWrite 882 414% 1851 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 88.8 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,307 DQ Write 1,061 DQ Mixed 1,174 882% 1,181 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 340%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 892GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 491 520 496 525 526 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,336 Write 716 Mixed 548 SusWrite 516 172% 779 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.2 163% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 369 310% 433 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 291%
Terra Master DAS 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 112GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 79 82 87 88 88 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	Read 145 Write 106 Mixed 108 SusWrite 85.5 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 19.7 72% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 92.1 75% 106 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%
Terra Master DAS 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 160GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 196 144 127 146 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	Read 313 Write 355 Mixed 284 SusWrite 156 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 0.9 52% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 85.9 76% 115 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 49%
Terra Master DAS 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 914GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 101 103 103 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 64.3 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 99.9 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 71%
Terra Master DAS 6TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 159 160 161 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 141 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 158 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 268% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,776x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,461x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	632x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,164x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	880x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	378x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	348x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	243x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	779x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	333x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

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