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 (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '20 at 08:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 526 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 154 153 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 472 Mixed 234 SusWrite 150 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 24 123% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 144 111% 152 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 188GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 471 185 154 154 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 473 Mixed 403 SusWrite 264 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.3 151% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 303 221% 284 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 167GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 176 175 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 166 Mixed 115 SusWrite 175 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 301GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 122 122 122 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 96.2 Write 115 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 121 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 100%

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

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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 $94Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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