Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.3% 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	287% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '21 at 19:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.3 1-Core 165 2-Core 328 103% 193 Pts	4-Core 644 8-Core 645 86% 644 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 93% 127 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 139 Splatting 121 102% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T54A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 895 861 873 866 868 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,585 Write 1,852 Mixed 1,392 SusWrite 877 373% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 74.9 271% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,276 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 503 521% 864 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 372%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 284GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 406 364 243 241 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 405 Mixed 360 SusWrite 300 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 40.3 157% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 328 242% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 147 146 148 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 122 Write 101 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 146 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avant W641GU48J5213ND 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	144	24"	1280 720	ACR02F9 GN246HL

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Gaming 71%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,690x
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	863x
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	762x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

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) $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