Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 02:24
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$230 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 774 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 193 Parallax 169 139% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 165 Splatting 122 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,888 Write 1,401 Mixed 491 277% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 54 208% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,150 DQ Write 925 DQ Mixed 910 716% 995 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 30GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 350 236 169 147 133 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 463 Mixed 400 SusWrite 235 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.5 202% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 58 45 51 39 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 390 Write 63.3 Mixed 171 SusWrite 58.6 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 4.1 66% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 27.9 46% 91.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 86%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$235 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 187 177 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 200 Mixed 108 SusWrite 185 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 311% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 347GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 90 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 91 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 91.5 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,444x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	326x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16