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 (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	232% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 03:35
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 219 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 637 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 933 1008 967 934 857 783 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1288 Write 1,066 Mixed 677 SusWrite 914 221% 986 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 61.2 209% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,456 DQ Write 1,238 DQ Mixed 1117 900% 1,271 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 302%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 108GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 74 80 84 79 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 126 SusWrite 82 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 27.8 124% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 95.6 77% 108 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 73%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 189 187 193 191 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 194 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 190 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 350% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 171 170 175 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 144 Mixed 95 SusWrite 172 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 336% 3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%
Marvell Raid VD 1TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 240GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 164 163 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 169 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 164 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 306% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 172%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 567GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 105 106 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 106 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 101GB free, PID 00d9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 178 212 198 199 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 178 Write 50 Mixed 142 SusWrite 200 187% 143 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 103% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 87%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,687x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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