Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 09:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 568 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 101 Parallax 84.7 76% 92.8 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 91.9 73% 88.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2358001271696 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 240518168619 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1305671958832 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 243 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4258 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1106 (F2) Unknown 253 253 960 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.2% Above average	Read 504 Write 77.6 Mixed 252 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 2.25 77% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 5.99 62% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 78%
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 as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226094456 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3850620 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 672530463 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3296 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 77309411359 (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 -44912473014055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7598679079 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15647511117	93.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 152 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 170GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 23313 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1662 (C2) HDA temperature 103 92 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 91.9 Mixed 78 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.49 104% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 88%

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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	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
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) $35	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