Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.4% 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	114% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 520 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42.1 41% 46.7 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% 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 above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2096 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9037014893	114% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 491 Mixed 503 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 42.8 160% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 149 155% 255 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 133GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -134827613351903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (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 32 51 68722819104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 593012 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 100 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 160070 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 593012 (F2) Unknown 100 100 692951 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26652	84.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 239 Mixed 306 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 24.9 133% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 51.1 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB 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 68 68 5730817 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3204 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 49035641618432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (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 70 70 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 107374182430 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 68 5730817 (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 -54159537602560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2200966 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3529851
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 170 6766 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1048 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18210 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 33 (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	83.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 145 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 713GB 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 228 177 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 918 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10084 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 33 (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	75.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 122 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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 (73^rd percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.9% 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 $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