Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	273% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 00:35
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 563 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,502 Write 1,859 Mixed 2,165 484% 2,175 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 38.1 169% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 62.4 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 35.2 76% 146 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 29GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 372 Write 176 Mixed 236 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 2.3 37% 8.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 75%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 26GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,210 Mixed 1,205 328% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 38.6 141% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 212 235% 400 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91701648 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11459142 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 672923686 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61092 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 90194313254 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 61658550503735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14907287822 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56798394364	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 171 Mixed 154 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 25.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 95%

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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