Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 04:13
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 546 73% 546 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 51.3 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 42.3 42% 47.1 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1448 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 167 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7411455529	101% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 501 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.7 154% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 26 37% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -69544110453342 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 224 (B7) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 51 68722819098 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 590503 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 100 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 121760 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 590503 (F2) Unknown 100 100 687341 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26505	86.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 267 Mixed 243 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.7 134% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 51.1 95% 189 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC48 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 117 76 136312408 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 98 24 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 116263904373 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1439 (B7) Unknown 72 72 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 850 (BC) Unknown 100 1 287767396351 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1080 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33066 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 136312408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 66 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 66 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 794740 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -26195005533980 (F1) Unknown 100 253 237116377583 (F2) Unknown 100 253 116195059731770
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 170 6800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1004 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14554 (C2) HDA temperature 126 105 26 (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 200 181 32 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.9 Mixed 104 76% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.17 48% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 373GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 177 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9345 (C2) HDA temperature 125 105 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	61.6% Good	Read 101 Write 113 Mixed 86.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 113%

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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	3,691x
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: $685

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