Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	133% 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	69% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '22 at 12:42
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 249 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 355 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 257 Parallax 180 149% 206 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 161 Splatting 122 125% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D256 256GB 4,538 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: T881202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 168 169 181 212 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 419 Write 395 Mixed 182 SusWrite 203 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 26 91% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 197 166% 239 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 82GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 82 83 86 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 83.9 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 124GB free Firmware: MFAOAC50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 133 132 107 133 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 40.7 Write 118 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 122 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 85GB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 98 98 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 136 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 92.2 69% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.7 222% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 49GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 108 130 121 90 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 116 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 952GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 136 142 151 141 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 116 Write 137 Mixed 108 SusWrite 139 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 305% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 92%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 214GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 95 97 95 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 118 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 96 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 84%
Intenso Speed Line 250GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 46GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 43 24 26 7.6 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 108 Write 95.4 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 20.1 88% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 26% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 121%

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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 $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