Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	206% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 19:46
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 99 2-Core 194 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 738 67% 563 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 20.1 18% 19.8 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 22 Splatting 17.2 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 135 137 137 131 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,272 Write 683 Mixed 875 SusWrite 194 219% 1006 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 64 212% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 851 633% 843 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,568 Write 2,056 Mixed 501 306% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 268 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 204 758% 214 MB/s	DQ Read 1,412 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 966 742% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 214GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 246 202 107 64 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 837 Write 518 Mixed 536 SusWrite 202 116% 523 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 41.8 143% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 310 260% 368 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 157%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 636GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 164 179 166 166 164 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 188 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 168 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 185% 2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 96GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 163 170 174 171 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 121 Mixed 77 SusWrite 171 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000540AS 4TB 157GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 87 89 84 89 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 82 Write 89.2 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 86.4 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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