Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.8% 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 05:32
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 389 49% 373 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 63.6 58% 69 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 68 Splatting 69.9 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 165GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17744 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16842956 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 456 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 283469086750 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 92 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 249109938234 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 945 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4196 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3665 (F2) Unknown 253 253 21756 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 297 Mixed 256 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 20.5 119% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 40.6 96% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33675 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 163 (B1) Unknown 67 67 1184 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 300979484034	74.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 150 Mixed 223 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 18.9 122% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 64.1 90% 172 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 8649224 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4109834 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -36794984824089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (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 71 50 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1900 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 98784247837 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 64 8649224 (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 4788888535371 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3143953084 (F2) Unknown 100 253 826400384
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 998GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15589 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15510 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.3% Good	Read 79.9 Write 133 Mixed 135 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 901GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 221 8650 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19797 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 97 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.54 145% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8450 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12039 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	51.8% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 83 Mixed 87.3 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.39 107% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 13.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 64%

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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