Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.7% 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	248% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 20:25
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 765 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 30.8 33% 36.3 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,767 Write 1,101 Mixed 1,338 380% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 31.3 194% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 143 150% 248 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 115GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 831 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 348 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 66 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1089447027
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 109GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 95 47231163 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 257510118 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5768 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 218 (BC) Unknown 100 97 131090 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 673710120 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 25 47231163 (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 82892868850407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3737280418 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2462030094	36.6% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 63.9 Mixed 61.9 48% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.59 124% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 87GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 172 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3682 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3763 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 42 (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	57.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.9 Mixed 71.5 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 33.6 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 48.5 SC Mixed 33.4 100% 35.2 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%

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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	762x
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