Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	200% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 15:17
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 448 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.8 31% 35.1 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 36.3 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 657 296 297 299 297 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,664 Write 971 Mixed 959 SusWrite 357 219% 988 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 65.2 238% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 709 576% 804 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 214%
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 219GB free Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 409 427 440 444 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 417 Mixed 343 SusWrite 410 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 24.9 136% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 34.1 70% 138 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 91%
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 223GB free Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 410 427 441 444 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 429 Mixed 351 SusWrite 411 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 24.1 134% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 33.7 71% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 91%
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 165GB free Firmware: CS303121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 295 296 295 296 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,621 Write 920 Mixed 1,008 SusWrite 394 219% 986 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 64.8 217% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 988 DQ Mixed 717 579% 806 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 214%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

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 $95Bench 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	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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