Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 06:10
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 261 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 781 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 180 Parallax 90.8 149% 151 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 156 Splatting 130 128% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 406 408 404 403 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 467 Mixed 228 SusWrite 405 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 59.1 197% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 279 229% 328 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 132 97 39 85 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 474 Write 193 Mixed 233 SusWrite 93.7 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 17.5 130% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 22.7 46% 93.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 97 101 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 191 Write 138 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 98.9 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 77GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 133 132 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 132 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4.5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 181 178 179 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 82 Write 136 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 179 163% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 209% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 106%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,706x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	866x
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	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16