Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	297% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 14:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 485 60% 460 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.9 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,702 Write 1,432 Mixed 1,721 430% 1,952 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 68.4 251% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 262 272% 448 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 292%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 216212728 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 68 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 4297073732 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1416 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 68719476769 (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 9509057593465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13544040901066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11880722212525	98.1% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 154 Mixed 166 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 363GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175583892 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11264 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 218 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34390704 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5776 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 538705951 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 15 175583892 (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 44126494026297 (F1) Unknown 100 253 885784709 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2905350230	52.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 88.9 Mixed 72.4 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 36.4 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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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	3,696x
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	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $670

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