Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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 Drive	299% 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 08:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 256 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 579 66% 514 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1419 1557 1550 1650 1629 1523 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,492 Write 1,606 Mixed 1,226 SusWrite 1,555 384% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 73.3 231% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 718 539% 720 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 425%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 88GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 176 134 118 105 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 371 Write 272 Mixed 268 SusWrite 130 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 20.8 88% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 123 117% 177 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 786GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 152 149 155 153 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 152 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%
WD Red Pro 2TB (2014)-$140 716 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 417GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 82 81 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 95 Write 100 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 81 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 93%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 659GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 137 136 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 142 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 137 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 172 175 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 179 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 172 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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