Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.3% 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	22.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 22:18
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 69.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 216 71% 129 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 457 57% 436 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2017 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 75.4 58% 74.4 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 71.6 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 82 76 89 83 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 343 Write 99.7 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 82.9 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 14% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 6GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 415 Mixed 398 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 37.4 139% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 282 230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 60GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 33 35 35 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 55.7 Write 59 Mixed 26 SusWrite 34.8 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 207GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 191 134 159 185 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 92.7 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 168 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 60GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 16.3 Write 14.3 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 14.6 20% 15 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.7 161% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 17%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 32GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 20 23 23 21 22 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 112 Write 58.5 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 22.5 66% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 94% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 98%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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